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).
Cracked inlet valve from a Bentley Unit requiring inspection.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\1\ scan0089 | |
Date | 10th August 1936 | |
To HL/Mr. Whitehead, X 1129 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}3/JH.10.8.36. S/C Bentley Unit. We are sending you an inlet valbe from the above unit which has cracked after 10 hours running The valve was fitted to the Sectre cylinder head which we were testing, and we should be glad if you would inspect the valve and issue a report on the same. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/J.L.Edwards. | ||