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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).
Table of contents and introduction for a report on aero engines and accessories, following visits to American firms.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 27\3\  Scan209
Date  15th May 1939 guessed
  
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Methods of Testing -----------------p.25.
German Delegation Proposals on Knock Testing Methods--p.26
C.F.R. Projects-----------------------P.30.
(a) Procedure for rating fuels in Full Scale Aircraft Engines p.30.
(b) Status of Laboratory Knock Test Investigation of Aviation. Fuels Division of C.F.R.Committee...p.35.
Tentative Specifications for Aviation Gasoline..p.37.
Appendix-----------------------------p.41-43
Eighteen pages of Standards Drawings and Recommendations Section II pp. 44-74 Herewith.

AERO ENGINES AND ACCESSORIES

INTRODUCTION

During the course of the meeting on Standardisation and the subsequent S.A.E. World Congress, the opportunity was taken of discussing various technical problems with American engineers. Visits were also paid to firms in the vicinity of New York.

When discussing technical problems with members of a particular firm views obtained may be somewhat coloured, depending upon the contact and interest which the individual in question has with the particular problem. It is necessary, therefore, to check information received by discussing it with as many members of the firm as possible, and also, wherever feasible, with members of outside organisations.

In a visit of such short duration this has not been possible in every case, and consequently the information obtained, while indicating a trend, may be somewhat shaded by the opinions of the particular individuals from whom it was obtained. Wherever it has been possible to check it, however, this fact has been noted.

AERO ENGINES.

General.

Visits were paid to Pratt & Whitney, and to the Wright Aeronautical Corporation. At the former we were very
  
  


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