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).
Requesting modifications to the Instrument Board and Dynamo Control Panel for Test Bed No.17.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\2\ img014 | |
Date | 11th February 1937 | |
[crossed out] Millwrights [/crossed out] from EJJ/JV [crossed out] c to Br/Jco. [/crossed out] [crossed out] c to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst [/crossed out] Order No.815 6103 EJJ is absent. EJJ/JV2/MM.11.2.37 RE: INSTRUMENT BOARD AND DYNAMO CONTROL PANEL NO.17 TEST BED. At present we have several types of dynamos which call for different loadings and to enable us to get all the instruments and tackle on the board inside the cabin please modify the instructions which have been issued for No.17 Test Bed to particulars herewith and erect thereon so that we can observe same. In order to do this please have instrument board J.16024 rigged up, this also calls for the manufacture of 3-way switch J.16308 and installation of electric instruments on the board as ordered on our memo EJJ/JV18/MMB.2.37. EJJ/JV. | ||