Secret memo from 'R' to 'E.A.C.' proposing a modification to a piston design, including a diagram.
| Identifier | Morton\M3.2\ img023 | |
| Date | 19th March 1925 | |
| SM16392 & Piston 247 FROM TO E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} SECRET. R1/M19.3.25. Copy to - G.S. Copy to - H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Copy to - HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} A. {Mr Adams} C. PISTON. X8040 No proposals received regarding the above. I suggest increasing the diagonal web substantially at split side only, and spreading so that saw cut finishes in large hole close to web:- Would this bolt close hole for piston pin, reinforce and fix piston pin. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).