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).
Water pump with metallic packing, referencing drawing No. LeC.850 and requesting an experimental test.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\A\August1917\ Scan0 | |
| Date | 1st August 1917 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to EFC. c. to EH ORIGINAL. E1/B1:8:17. RECEIVED X.3158 Re Water Pump with Metallic Packing. Please find attached drawing No. LeC.850 showing the above. The water pump is of the clearance type with a rotor of slightly increased diameter having radial vanes. We show two kinds of packing plates - one a thin type of which 4 are required per gland, and the other a rather more complicated thick type, of which 2 are required per gland. Would you please put in hand the necessary instructions for experimental test. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||