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).
Promotional leaflet for the GUC (Patent) Gladwell Updraught Carburettor, featuring a cross-sectional diagram and photograph.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\4\ scan0104 | |
Date | 17th April 1936 guessed | |
Section through carburettor showing petrol passage ways and main jet on the left, balancing jet on the right and slow running jet in the centre. The GUC (PATENT) GLADWELL UPDRAUGHT CARBURETTOR THE G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} U. C. IS GUARANTEED TO SHOW A SAVING OF AT LEAST 20% ON PETROL CONSUMPTION, AT THE SAME TIME GIVING AMAZINGLY IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, INCREASED HORSE-POWER AND EXCEPTIONALLY SMOOTH RUNNING. | ||