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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).
Report concluding that resolving the rattling and sticking of the exhaust throttle valve would create a satisfactory pre-heating system.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\O\2January1926-March1926\  Scan99
Date  14th January 1926 guessed
  
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It would therefore seem that any effort which could be made towards removing the only disadvantage we at present know possessed by the standard system - i.e. rattling and sticking of the exhaust throttle valve - would result in quite a satisfactory pre-heating system.

We have fitted up the system on a car and shall be able to report upon its general performance later.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.{Mr Adams} C. Lovesey.
  
  


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