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 to Messrs. H.M. Hobson Ltd. requesting to borrow Type H.C.7 carburettors for testing purposes on an 'Eagle' engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 37\2\ scan 182 | |
| Date | 5th October 1917 | |
| X.3188 Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}20/NJ51017. 5th October 1917. Messrs. H.M. Hobson Ltd., 29, Vauxhall Bridge Road., London, S.W.1. Dear Sirs, Type H.C.7 Carburetter. We shall be please to learn whether you are agreeable to loan us a set of 4 of these carburetters for experimental purposes, say with 42mm. choke. In the affirmative case, we would endeavour to fit them on one of our "Eagle" engines and test them against our own carburetter. Yours faithfully, | ||