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 to make a model piston with an incorporated silent ram and three rings, based on a report by Mr. Hives.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\4\ Scan003 | |
| Date | 3rd December 1919 | |
| To DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Copy to CJ. " " BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} " " HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} " " CK.{Mr Clark} X.3746 E2/G3.12.19. ----------- RE IMPROVED SILENT RAM X.3746 PISTON - LEC. 1166. -------------------------- In view of Mr. Hives' report on the improvement produced by the use of piston rings on the ram, Mr. Royce would like you to make the attached model LeC.1166, which shews a piston with the simplest form of ram incorporated, having three rings. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||