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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).
Overhead camshaft with a silent drive, referencing the eccentric drive on a 4-litre Bentley.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\3\  scan0029
Date  9th October 1934
  
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To Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.19/KW. 9.10.34.

Eccentric Camshaft Drive - Bentley.

We are looking into the question of an overhead camshaft, and the possibility of providing it with a silent drive.

We have before us the arrangement A.273 showing the eccentric drive on the 4-litre Bentley, and should be glad to know if the drive underwent any modifications subsequent to this.

A.273 attached.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Ll.Smith.
  
  


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