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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).
Continued discussion on potential solutions for drawing fuel from the reserve tank.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 106\2\  scan0084
Date  20th May 1932
  
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Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/KT.20.5.32. cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}

If exception is taken to running the engine for so long on the starter motor to draw fuel from the reserve, a possible solution would be a slightly larger diaphragm which would permit of a somewhat longer stroke. Alternatively some means of priming the pipe line when the reserve tap is operated.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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