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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).
Requesting crankcase depression tests on a Chevrolet and a 25/30 model.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 126\4\  scan0170
Date  25th January 1937
  
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

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Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/R.25.1.37.

CRANKCASE DEPRESSION IN THE CHEVROLET.

Will you please fix up a water gauge on the Chevrolet crankcase, and get a figure for the variation in the crankcase depression with speed.

Will you repeat the test on a 25/30 with a breather pipe on the filler cap, and let me have the result.

Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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