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).
Request for a horsepower speed curve for the standard car engine, urgently required by the Ministry of Munitions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\4\ scan0152 | |
| Date | 27th February 1917 | |
| R.R. 235 B (200 T) (S.C. 536. 15-2-16) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 1547. To EFC. from BY/ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} BY/ST8/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}27217. 195 February 27th, 1917. X3056 RE STANDARD CAR ENGINE. Will you please prepare a horse power speed curve taken from our standard car engine. One of the curves from your experimental data book, taken from those giving the horse power speed for various compressions would do, provided the correct compression is selected. Will you kindly let us have this as soon as possible as the Ministry of Munitions are urgently requiring same. BY/ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} Supplied as St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} Feb. 28 '17 | ||