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).
Standardisation sheets for valves, exhaust pipes, and undershields.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 171\3\ img183 | |
| Date | 30th August 1923 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. (Handwritten in circle: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) (Handwritten: X 2764) BJ20/H30.8.23. STANDARDISATION SHEETS. I am enclosing standardisation sheets as follows:- X.2764. Valves. To overcome exhaust valve failures. How many cars does the £253 represent? Does H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} agree that the matter is so urgent that we should lose this £253 in order to make this alteration immediately? 40/50-h.p. (Struck through) X.4238. Exhaust Pipe lagged with asbestos. To reduce heat under scuttle. 20 hp. (Struck through) X.4272. Undershield. To assist in cooling floorboards. 20 hp. Please do not hold up the work (handwritten insertion: pending) C.J's signature, but send C.J. a sheet for signature at a later date. (Handwritten note referring to the two struck-through items: on the two latter) B.J. | ||