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 set of custom valve springs for engine gear rattle experiments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 26th July 1933 | |
| K411 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/KT. 26.7.33. ENGINE GEAR RATTLES. Will you please make for us a set of valve springs with 4 working coils and 5 1/4 total coils, 1.700" free length approx, to give 86 lbs. at 1.100". All other dimensions to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}477. We require these urgently in connection with engine gear rattle experiments. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||