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).
Letter providing feedback on a new Colorstat's performance and its effect on engine temperature.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\3\ scan0073 | |
| Date | 14th January 1936 | |
| x761 ? STD 7 The Crescent, Taunton. 14. 1. 36 your ref:- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.q/K.W. Dear Sirs. For the attention of Mr C.S. Steadman. Referring to your letter of the 20th ult the new Colorstat is a vast improvement on the one which I returned to you in that, generally speaking, the temperature of the engine is now raised to between 75° and 78° Cent. whereas before, even with the available adjustment so adjusted that the connections between Colorstat and shutters were in tension when everything was cold, barely 70° was the average under | ||