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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).
Blueprint of the Curtis Conqueror cylinders with handwritten design notes.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img195
Date  3rd February 1934 guessed
  
CURTIS CONQUEROR CYLS.
FLAT SURFACE
CAM DRIVE
BUTT ENDED LINER
SCREWED IN WHEN HEATED TO 160°F
SPRING LOADED GLAND RINGS
HIGH TEMP. RUBBER
COPPER ASBESTOS GASKET BETWEEN HEAD AND SKIRT TO MAKE WATER JOINT
LOOSE SHELL
BOLTED TO CYL HEAD
ALUM PATTICE HEAD
DESIGN DEMANDS EXTREME ACCURACY AS CYL LINER SHOULD FIT TIGHTLY TO HEAD FACE
SCREENING IS IMPORTANT TO FUTURE
  
  


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