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).
Request to modify the induction pipe for a 12-cylinder engine to allow for carburetter rotation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\2\ scan0003 | |
| Date | 28th September 1933 | |
| [Handwritten]: X-Copy. 308 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KT. 28.9.33. INDUCTION SYSTEM FOR THE 12 CYL. ENGINE. Further to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KT.22.9.33. to which we attached LeC.3637, E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} has now gone further with the induction pipe and finds that he may want to use a downdraught carburetter or a carburetter at an angle. Could you, therefore, please makethe pipe centre containing the hot spot and carburetter flange so that it could be rotated to any required position. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||