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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).
Diagrams illustrating the operation of a petrol tank's air vent and balance pipe system.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 44\4\  Scan036
Date  9th April 1929 guessed
  
P. dry.
B. petrol and fluid.
Air vent covered with petrol - air escapes out of balance line and petrol enters.
Liquid rises and compresses air in balance pipe due to movement of car.
  
  


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