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).
Requesting the Drawing Office to investigate a Napier engine's performance fitted with a Polyrhoe or a Rolls-Royce carburettor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 23\2\ Scan012 | |
| Date | 20th June 1912 | |
| R.R. 473 (100 H) (X 896. 3-5-12) E.P. 1780. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (TWO LINES). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. [Addressed to]: Mr Barrington for T.C. [Date]: 20.6.12 [Reference]: EO4/T20612. X326 437 RE NAPIER CHASSIS. Mr Johnson wishes to know how the Napier engine runs when fitted with Polyrhoe [handwritten above: carburettor] or [handwritten: with] one of ours fitted. Will you please instruct the Drawing Office and oblige. E.P. [Stamp]: 20 JUN 1912 [Handwritten Notes]: H.O. advised. 20.6.12. File Other maker Gear. [Footer]: This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||