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).
Thermostatically operated bonnet shutters, referencing a picture from a Lincoln.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\3\ scan0201 | |
| Date | 24th April 1934 | |
| X1085 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/MJ.24.4.34. One of your people asked me what I knew about thermostatically operated bonnet shutters the other day. Here is a picture of those fitted to the Lincoln which is all I can find. I have, however, written to Smith asking him for any further information he can give me. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} See letter to Mr. Smith, Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW21.4.34 in X1775 | ||