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).
Departmental memo discussing a report on the slow running of a Daimler Knight engine, noting weaknesses and the importance of even compression.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\4\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 1st August 1912 | |
| R.R. 475 (100 H) (X 967. 22.5.12) E.P. 1898. X432 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (TWO LINES). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. Mr Barrington DATE. 1.8.12. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}3/L1812. I attach report from Hives re slow running of Daimler. The tests were really to show how affected by plug position. Tests however have not definitely proved such but have shown up other weaknesses in the Knight type engine. Good even compressions are always essential for good slow running. Again, our carburettor adjustments nearly always have to be made weaker after same have been run in. E.P. [Handwritten on left margin]: x92 [Handwritten at bottom]: Copy to Mr Elliot & on above dut by Mr Platford & sent to Mr Elliot on 23.8.12 This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||