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).
Stating the reasons for abandoning the use of suction control on a carburetter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 36\1\ scan 004 | |
| Date | 1st January 1917 | |
| -2- R11/B24/1/17. Contd. needle. We do not wish to put the suction control on this carburetter unless it can be seen to be distinctly advantageous as we like to keep the full suction on the jet, and we think the suction control does not work very well with the equalising, and that was our reason for abandoning it. R.{Sir Henry Royce} [Watermark text: DICKINSON BOND 1804 MADE AT CROXLEY] [Footer text: R.{Sir Henry Royce} R.{Sir Henry Royce} 288 A (400 T) (S. C. 686. 16-3-16) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 164c.] | ||