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).
Proposing a hill test around Derbyshire to compare high and low compression cars, deeming the Brooklands test too short.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\3\ Scan069 | |
| Date | 19th April 1920 | |
| X.788 To BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Crossed out] EFC Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}9/LG19.4.20. X.788. TESTS ON HIGH AND LOW COMPRESSION CHASSIS. With reference to attached, it will be an easy matter for us to find a hill round Derbyshire where we can compare high and low compression cars. The test at Brooklands is too short for any proper comparisons. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||