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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).
Laboratory report on photomacrographs taken of four different types of petrol filter gauzes.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 135\2\  scan0175
Date  29th February 1940
  
1138
M.2042.
Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Hl./EJW. 1/JM.{Mr Morley} 29.2.40.
Laboratory.
c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}
Petrol Filter Gauzes.
Your ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 14/ML. 20.2.40.
[Handwritten note: 794]
As requested we have made photomacrographs at a magnification of 10 diameters of the following gauzes :-
M.2042/1. - AC petrol pump filter gauze.
M.2042/2. - Stromberg carburetter float chamber filter gauze.
M.2042/3. - Wraith carburetter float chamber filter gauze.
M.2042/4. - S.U. Carburetter float chamber filter gauze.
It was agreed by you that the AC filter gauze should be cut to permit of flattening.
Hl./EJW.
  
  


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