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Progress report on a 10,000-mile test of the latest type of split aluminium pistons.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 77\3\  scan0105
Date  4th February 1920
  
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
c. to Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
c. to WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
X.3751
EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 6/F4.2.20.
RE. 10,000 MILES TEST OF LATEST TYPE SPLIT ALUMINIUM PISTONS.
Yesterday's run on chassis 53-CW - 440 miles.
Total miles run since fitting of pistons - 2823 "
Report:-
Piston knock No.1 cylinder.
Elusive knock still audible.
EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
R.R. 235 B (200 T) (S.F. 673) 22-5-19. (A) 2376.
  
  
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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