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).
Need to install a carburetter rig in the Experimental Department to compete with rivals like Vauxhall.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\4\ scan0170 | |
| Date | 29th June 1938 | |
| 1036 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/R.29.6.38. EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT. The recent publicity given to petrol consumption has caused us to consider whether we ought to have a carburetter rig in the Experimental Dept. It will be seen from the attached report that this is not a very expensive piece of apparatus, in fact, with the exception of the blower, the whole installation could probably be put in for less than £200, the blower might be found useful for a variety of purposes other than carburetter testing. Personally, we consider that if we are going to compete with people like Vauxhalls, then we ought to have, approximately, the same equipment as they have. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||