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 remove the head of a Rudge engine to measure valve sizes for an Air Ministry inspection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\2\ scan0054 | |
| Date | 6th July 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 74706 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.5/KW.6.7.34. YY Rudge Engine. Will you please remove the head of this engine and measure the valve sizes. We are particularly anxious to have the engine in the shop on Monday, with the head detached, so as to be available for inspection by the Air Ministry people. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||