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).
Recommendation to modify the 'SS' bottom half and oil filter, specifying new hole dimensions and orientation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\1\ Scan012 | |
| Date | 6th March 1929 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. to S. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [struck through] X7000 [handwritten] X7190 [handwritten] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG6.3.29. 'SS{S. Smith}' BOTTOM HALF AND OIL FILTER. We recommend that the 'SS{S. Smith}' bottom half is instructed with the oil filter inlet re-ground [handwritten annotation: turned round] 180º and the baffle brought close to the filter inlet. The holes in the baffle should be 4.375". We will let you have a sketch shewing the position of this. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||