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).
List of new equipment required for the Experimental Department Test House.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 23th September 1935 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}9/KW.23.9.35. New equipment required for Experimental Dept. Test House (replacing K-10). 1. Art Metal cupboard 5' x 3'10" x 8' high. 2. Art metal desks. 3'6" x 3'0" x 2'6" high. 2. Tan-Sad chairs (No.2525) as supplied to welders, checkers, progress men, etc., etc. 1. Barometer. 1. Wall-clock (electric). 1. Cambridge Galvonometer, reading 0-350°C, and in millivolts on lower scale (non-compensated), 30 ohms external resistance, to suit copper-constantan wire as supplied by RR. 6. Negretti and Zambra transmitting thermometers reading 0-160°C. 2. B. & B. Flowmeters reading 32 - 210 pts/hr. Mk.IX. 2. " " " 4 - 42 " Mk.VIII. 1. Compression pressure gauge reading 0-200 lbs/sq.in. 2. Oil pressure gauges reading 0-50 lbs/sq.in. 2. " " " 0-100 " " 2. Oil Coolers. 2. Petrol filters (between tanks and flowmeters). 2. Batteries (probably from production stock). 2. Vices (for benches). 1. Dustbin. 3. Storage drums (as supplied recently to No. 5 bed). Office - wood and glass frame (size and position decided when testing plant is planned.) Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.T.Salt. | ||