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 the Essex cylinder head gasket to analyze combustion chamber width and detonation issues, comparing it to the 'Swallow' model.
| Identifier | Morton\M1.9\ img012 | |
| Date | 1st September 1921 | |
| To HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Copy to CJ. [struck through] WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E1/G24/9/21. [STAMP: ORIGINAL] [STAMP: RECEIVED 26 JUL] X4405 X4217 RE "SWALLOW". I want the Essex cylinder head gasket to find the width of the combustion chamber. The Essex is such a beast for detonating when run on petrol only of No.1 quality that Mr. Royce thinks we may have to abandon the economical scheme that has been got out for the "Swallow", and put both the valves in the head. You will remember that the arrangement of the "Swallow" is not the same as the Essex, but the combustion chambers are of similar form. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||