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).
On developing a high-pressure cooling system with a simplified temperature gauge for customers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\1\ scan0312 | |
| Date | 1st September 1937 | |
| -4- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.2/AP.1.9.37 (3) Once the customer has become accustomed to the idea of running with cooling water above 100°C. and with the type of thermometer which we shall try (on 39-IX) which merely indicates 'cold', 'normal', 'hot', he will not even be aware of this fact, there seems to be no reason why we should not develop a cooling system for our cars using pressures only limited by the strength of the matrix unit, with a corresponding reduction in weight and cost of the matrix. This will also give us a freer hand as regards radiator external dimensions etc. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||