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).
Request for water-cooled exhaust manifolds for B.80 and B.60 units on Test Beds No. 30 and No. 5.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0351 | |
| Date | 25th February 1939 | |
| 1209 To EJJ. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl{Len H. Swindell} 3/ER 25.2.39. No. 5 and No. 30 Test Beds. Water cooled exhaust manifolds are required for the B.80 unit in No. 30 Test Bed, and for the two B.60 units in No. 5 Test Bed. Will you please instruct these in accordance with the attached sheet B.5215. These are required urgently, as it is apalling the rate at which standard manifolds are scrapped through distortion etc. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swd. | ||