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).
Solutions for vehicle overheating issues, referencing a report from Australia and suggesting thermostats.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\4\ Scan025 | |
| Date | 24th May 1916 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} c. to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} S1C/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}24516. May 24th, 1916. I would like to call your attention to the following interesting extracts from Mr Peat's (in Australia) report, dated 18/3/16, particularly to that part underlined:- "Complaints about overheating are becoming unpleasantly common out here and I should like to hear whether you have any suggestions to make as to treatment of such cases. It seems to me that larger radiators are an expensive and uncertain method of dealing with the trouble and I suggest that we try something in the way of an oil radiator which could be made easily to fit the standard connections on the oil pump and sump. Considering the varying conditions under which our cars have to work in different parts of the world to say nothing of the variations locally in these different parts it certainly seems that there is some need for an automatic temperature control, all other methods being merely palliatives and makeshifts." I would like specially to call your attention to the value of a thermostat, which would keep the engine running in a much more efficient temperature, and I would suggest that for colonial cars we could fit a higher speed and more efficient fan running in a housing. [Handwritten on left margin]: 746 | ||