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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).
Cablegram comparing American competitor engine designs and recommending the purchase of a Cadillac Sixteen for analysis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img325
Date  14th February 1934
  
Form No. 6.
H.P.
WESTERN UNION
(THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY)
CABLEGRAM
ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS
P.20
1934 FEB 14 AM 9 18
BMMR38 DETROIT 77 1/54 13
NLT ROYCAR DERBY
MESSRS ROLLS ROYCE CO LTD
DERBY
HIVES RECOMMEDN DO NOT MAKE STRAIGHT EIGHT RODS LESS THAN TWICE STROKE
LATEST LASALLE NINE INCH ROD FOUR POINT TWOFIVE STROKE EVERYONE
HERE USES THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLL-ED{J. L. Edwards} EXHAUST HOT SPOT ALL
HAVE EXHAUST AND INDUCTION MANIFOLDS THE SAME SIDE OF THE ENGINE
EXCEPT STUTZ RECOMMEND WE BUY CADILLAC SIXTEEN FOR RIDING SMOOTHNESS
  
  


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