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 from the Experimental Department requesting particulars of mechanical pumps from AC Sphinx Sparking Plug Co. Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\3\ scan0093 | |
| Date | 17th July 1939 | |
| 1263 EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}8/JH. 17th. July, 1939. AC. Sphinx Sparking Plug Co.Ltd. Dunstable, BEDS. For the attention of Mr. Bennion Brown. Dear Sirs, Could you please let us have particulars of the mechanical pumps to feed an engine with a maximum demand of approx. 80 pints per hour? In this case we are unable to use push rod operation and require a cam follower similiar to that used on the Buick (see rough sketch) in which the pump is mounted below the camshaft. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||