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).
Engine boiling tests to observe water loss and the development of cracks.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\2\ Scan071 | |
Date | 28th July 1922 guessed | |
contd:- MADELY -2- CROWLEY R advantage in this arrangement as regards the amount of water which is lost when the engine boils. We have boiled this engine for a full test on one occasion. So far, it has not developed cracks. We are proceeding to repeat the test. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||