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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).
Request to obtain American-made Silchrome Valves for rebuilt Condor engines undergoing testing.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 54\3\  Scan197
Date  10th October 1923
  
X4418 Y4634

Rg{Mr Rowledge}2/W24. 10. 23

By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
c. NFP.

For the "Condor" Engine that we are re-building for a further Fifty Hours' Test in connection with Contract No. A.M.435488/23, also for the second engine which is being similarly re-built, and for the three engines with direct drive, will you please obtain Silchrome Valves made in America.

Rg.{Mr Rowledge}
  
  


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