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).
Letter concerning an adaptation of a rotary valve design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 158\4\ scan0138 | |
| Date | 30th March 1937 | |
| Poles 1360 CROSS ROTARY VALVE PATENTS. PROPRIETORS: R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. CROSS AND THE CROSS MANUFACTURING Co., LTD. THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS LTD SMMT (Logo) R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. CROSS, 33 MIDFORD ROAD, COMBE DOWN, BATH. TELEPHONE COMBE DOWN 355. 30th March, 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. For the attention of Mr. L. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Swindall. Experimental Dept. ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sirs, I have received from Mr. Burn the print which you sent to him and I am having drawn up an adaptation to the rotary valve principle. I am paying particular attention to the remarks you made when I visited you, having reference to certain fundamental points in the design which must be complied with. Yours faithfully, R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. Cross RCC/CBF | ||