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).
Handover of responsibility for maintaining charts on cylinder bore wear, oil, and petrol consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\5\ scan0170 | |
| Date | 24th March 1941 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} [Handwritten]: Instruction & Shop Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}13/ML.24.3.41. 1373. CYLINDER BORE WEAR FIGURES - OIL AND PETROL CONSUMPTIONS. Since you now have arranged for the necessary clerical assistance to enable you to keep charts containing the above information, I am asking Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} to hand over to you the information which he has so far tabulated. These charts are exceedingly useful and have been needed for years. Will you please keep Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} up-to-date with the figures obtained, so that he may take an intelligent interest in the road results, from the test bed point of view. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||