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).
New plug for a sodium-cooled valve on a Bentley 60 Chassis to prevent leakage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\5\ scan0194 | |
| Date | 29th November 1938 | |
| 1044 TO HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c.c. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c.c. HMc/Wld. c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} c. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} for HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Plee BY/CS2/EH.29.11.38. Re Bentley 60 Chassis. Valves & Fittings - Section 5060. Plug in KE.965 for Sodium Cooled Valve. Please receive herewith blue prints of the following new drawing, detailed in accordance with Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl{Len H. Swindell}'s verbal instructions. EB.4481 Plug - Sodium Cooled Valve replaces E.86290. Will you please instruct as required. This completes instructions for the above. The object of this new plug is to prevent the leakage of sodium which has occurred on test. One set of HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}'s prints attached to Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les's copy of this memo. BY/CS. | ||