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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).
Specification update for the Myth Engine No.1 concerning the type of piston rings to be fitted.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 109\3\  scan0226
Date  1st January 1942
  
To: Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CP.
c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}
c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FN.
c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH.
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Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CP.12/LH.{Mr Haworth}1.1.42.
Myth Engine No.1 (4 Cylinders)
Further to specification issued in our Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CP.4/LH.{Mr Haworth}31.12.41., section 5040 should read as follows :-
Pistons.LOP.RE.2479.
RE.2478 'L' shaped Rings fitted, and not Standard Compression Rings as stated in our previous specification.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CP.
  
  


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