Query from a Danish mechanic about the revolutions and horsepower of a 6-cylinder motor, number 2349, installed in a motorboat.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\1\ scan0252 | |
| Date | 1st October 1938 | |
| POVL KNUDSEN FÆRGEVEJ 98 TLF. FREDERIKSSUND 503 [STAMP: TR {Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} OCT 1938] Rolls-Royce Motor Factories Ltd. London - England. For a Motorboat - lenght 42 Feet - I have installed a Rolls-Royce Motor - 6 cyl - Nr 2349 - and for obtaining the best Result, the greatest power and smalest use of gasoline I beg your please answer me how many Revolutions and horsepower for these motor. Awaiting your ansvver I thank you very much for the trouble. [STAMP: POST OCT 1938 Received.] Mekaniker Povl Knudsen Færgevej 98 Frederikssund Danmark. | ||
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