Progress update on 'CHINA' pistons and subsequent handwritten annotations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\2\ scan0201 | |
| Date | 30th September 1929 | |
| HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} x5040 R3/M30.9.29. re. 'CHINA(Experimental Engine)' PISTONS. I should be glad to know how far you have progressed with the pistons we made for the above - LeC. 2698. - which should be lighter than the pistons you are using - E.55341. [Handwritten annotations]: (Never made actually with 4 rings. Detailed to LEC but with 3 rings) R. {Sir Henry Royce} [Text below, crossed out]: Made & fitted to trials GC.123 & 125 (large bores) EHR 7 | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).