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).
Amusing incident with a newly delivered petrol pump which had extra valves forgotten inside.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\4\ scan0038 | |
| Date | 10th October 1936 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Cricklewood, Oct. 10th, 1936 Petrol Pumps. We hear of funny things happening, but why three valves per pump now-a-days. The electrician here received a new pump from Derby, and examined it to see if the modifications had been made, and to his astonishment found a valve under the top cap on either side. Needless to say someone had put the valves there and forgot them. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||