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Two-level device for an Autovac system, including a diagram for a fuel tap.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\T\January1929-February1929\  Scan179
Date  25th February 1929
  
FROM R
HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) (At Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence).)
DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} ) [Struck out]
C. to SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Struck out]
BY E.R. [Struck out]

R2/M22. 2. 29.
REC'D AT WW. 25.2.29.

AUTOVAC. X3579 [Struck out] X7510 [Struck out]

My two level device for this could
be better carried out as EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} suggests by modification to
the cork faced tap. (While his drawing was in my house
exactly the same scheme was passing through my mind, like
thought reading, but I may have caught a glimpse at it.)

I should like it arranged slightly
different in detail. To stop we should always turn fully
to the R. {Sir Henry Royce}

Stop that can
be pressed down.

Diagram Labels: Main. Off. Reserve.

R
  
  
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).


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