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).
Requirements for a car's cooling, speedometer, and air intake, with a deadline for completion.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\4\ img014 | |
Date | 29th January 1917 | |
-2- Cont'd (7) Cooling. also require a special high speed fan. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. is getting Walter Bell to try this out. (8) Speedometer. This should be handed to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. to adjust for the large tyres. (9) Air Intake. To prevent sand getting into the engine special air filter arrangements will be required, and the intake should therefore be modified to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}'s. instructions. The car is to leave for London on Saturday, and we should, therefore, work with a view to having it on the road completed on Thursday night. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||