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 regarding the dispatch of 6 strengthened exhaust valves for trial on a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0192 | |
| Date | 1st May 1936 | |
| + V64a G.W Hancock, Esq., Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Zwd1.9/JH.1.5.36. We are sending 6 exhaust valves EB.2820 by Air Mail for trial in B-56-BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} These valves are of the strengthened type and we want to see if they are any improvement over the standard Bentley valve with regard to non-stretching. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.H. Swindall. | ||