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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).
Improving Mean Effective Pressure (MEP) for 20HP and 40/50 engines.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\P\2October1926-December1926\  Scan043
Date  8th November 1926
  
TO E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} & HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce}
C. to BJ. WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
ORIGINAL
R1/M8.11.26.
Handwritten numbers: X8771 X5771 X634 X8010 X8060
20HP. & 40/50. ENGINES
Better MEP. needed for the above - maximum HP. just under master crankshaft period, also valve springs suitable for just under this speed.
R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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