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).
Letter from Rolls-Royce of America to the UK discussing a potential improvement in radiator design for quicker warming.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\3\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 28th November 1927 | |
| X9607 ROLLS-ROYCE OF AMERICA, INC. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. OY3.R.11.28.27 November 28th, 1927. RECEIVED Mr. E.W. Hives, Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby, England. RE: RADIATOR Dear Mr. Hives: Attached sheet from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} T. Curran will interest you, and may contain the elements of a useful improvement, doing away with the thermostat, but using the radiator progressively in sections, so as to give quicker warming up. It applies of course to the flat-tube radiator and requires a departure from our true honeycomb type. A few years ago we should have objected that the "neglected" portions of the radiator would freeze, but with the universal use of anti-freeze solutions in winter this danger has passed out. With our form of radiator construction there might be difficulty from unequal expansion. Yours very truly, Maurice Olley MO/R | ||