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).
Requesting a report on the electric starting device for an 8-cylinder engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\1\ scan0144 | |
| Date | 4th August 1939 | |
| 666 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/R.4.8.39. Electric Starting Device - 8-cyl. engine. Will you please let me have a report on the electric starting device on the 8-cylinder engine, with an analysis of its short-comings. We should also like to know whether it is considered:- (a) that this can be satisfactory for production. (b) if so, what modifications are necessary. (c) how it compares with the suction-operated thermostat that was fitted to 25.G. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||