Sending a thermostat for a 5-Goshawk-11 engine and requesting feedback on its operating temperature.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\4\ scan0316 | |
| Date | 10th February 1923 | |
| E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 74240 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG10.2.23. THERMOSTAT FOR 5-GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. 74240 z We are sending to you another Thermostat for 5-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. We should like to hear from you at what temperature this operates the shutters when it is fitted up. We rather anticipate that it might work at too low a temperature. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).