Extract discussing experiments with a new pump design to resolve issues with lubrication and bearing placement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\5\ Scan049 | |
| Date | 28th April 1917 | |
| R.R. 235A (500 T) (S.D. 408. 28-4-17.) Bm. 2/156/13. Extract from R1/G20518. X.3300. 366Y We are arranging a new pump for experiment, which has glands next to the water, and is lubricated by oil outside the gland. There has evidently been much trouble with pumps. We have located the pump in so low a position that it would be as well if the bottom bearing were done away with altogether. We are considering this also. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).