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).
Heater tests causing explosions in the silencer, with handwritten notes comparing heater models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\1\ scan0015 | |
| Date | 12th February 1920 | |
| Contd. -4- hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG12.2.20. ---------------- American chassis) of a branch from the exhaust system where the pipe for the heater can be connected up. If in that scheme we incorporated the valve, then there is nothing hardly left to be done as it would be a simple matter to run pipes covered with a grid in any position desired. With both types of heater we caused explosions in the silencer but no damage resulted. [Handwritten notes:] British Thermorad - NBG (alround) American Perfection v promising alround. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} has some sound & concise comments to make re installation to R-R standards valve to control & simplify installation | ||