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).
The design of a fuel tank, including a plug for manual gauging and the search for a suitable petrol level indicator.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\4\ Scan092 | |
| Date | 31th July 1920 | |
| R.R. 205a.(100 T) (S.G. 643. 19-5-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 8818 Contd. -2- R1/G31.7.20. water asat present, with a plug. This will be directly under- neath the double level device. The tank must also have a fiarly central and convenient small plug in the top to permit of gauging with a stick as usual, in case of continental travelling. We have also found a much more hopeful design for the petrol level indicator, concluding there is nothing suitable. [Faint watermark text in center of page: 1804 MADE AT CROSLEY R.{Sir Henry Royce}] | ||