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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).
Short memo confirming the decision to condemn the concept of steam cooling.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 24\4\  Scan069
Date  17th May 1923
  
X.1751 X766

To OY. ) from R.{Sir Henry Royce}
HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} )
c. to UJ. BJ.

R5/M17.5.23.

STEAM COOLING. X.1751 x766

Replying to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/LG10.5.23. I under-stand steam cooling has been condemned as worse than the sins it was to cure. "Be praised", the decision is definite.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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