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).
Urgent request for a test with 6:1 compression pistons, part number E.13289.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\4\ Scan092 | |
Date | 1st July 1925 | |
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. GJ. c. BJ. c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. Rg{Mr Rowledge}/SFP c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} URGENT x4603 Rg{Mr Rowledge}4/W9. 7. 25 With reference to Mr. Royce's telegram (copy of which I gave you last night), asking for a test with 6 : 1 compression pistons, we require 1/4" on the top of the piston, Part No.E.13289. Please have a set of pistons made without altering the cores for the first test. We will give you the position of the rings when we have made sure that they are not running into the counter bore. Rg.{Mr Rowledge} Rg{Mr Rowledge} | ||