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).
Request to the S.U. Carburetter Co. for a pair of modified experimental needles (XC3) with specified dimensions.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\5\ Scan293 | |
Date | 1st February 1935 | |
x1487 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}1/KW. 1st February, 1935. The S.U. Carburetter Co., East Works, Adderley Park, Birmingham 8. Dear Sirs, Will you please supply one pair of needles to the following dimensions, by return. Measured in thous' of an inch at intervals of .125 from the shoulder of the needle. These are a slight modification to the last experimental needles you supplied (XC2). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 99 99 99 93 88.5 84 83.5 83.5 83 82.5 82 81.5 81 80.5 These to be marked "XC3". Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||