Modification to an expansion box for an exhaust system following a failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\3\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 26th April 1935 | |
| X2-3 To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 3/KW. 26.4.35. 5-B-IV Exhaust System. We hand you herewith Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1928, a modification to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1585 expansion box, showing an improved method of retaining the cone and inner pipe in position. The expansion box which was fitted to 5-B-IV has blown to pieces in Fran ce, and we should like this new one making as soon as possible so that we can send same out to G.W.Hancock. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /G.H. Whyman. | ||
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).