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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).
Log of reported faults and a repair shop's record of gauge repairs.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61\3\  scan0235
Date  14th July 1931
  
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40/50 HP. 87-GN. Liquid missing.
142-GN. Pressure balance line wet, Tetra-bromide.
155-GY. Incorrect shimming.
53-GN. Low reading. Liquid discoloured.
57-XJ. Reading one gallon high.

GAUGE REPAIR SHOP.

Order Number. Part Number. Fault.

R.9989 dated 6.1.31 4 - K.S.202 20 HP. Returned for corroding dials.
R.32 " 3.2.31 1 - K.S.480 40/50 HP. Liquid turning black.
T.8449 " 8.3.31 1 - K.S.480 40/50 HP. Liquid missing.
N.41734 " 4.5.31 1 - K.S.480 40/50 HP. Liquid missing. front glass broken.
Hooper 11.5.31 1 - K.S.202 20 HP. Neck of fuse too high.
N.42040 " 22.5.31 1 - K.S.480 40/50 HP. Copper tube broken.
N.42130 " 12.6.31 1 - K.S.202 20 HP. ditto
R.473 " 13.6.31 1 - K.S.480 40/50 HP. ditto
" " 27.6.31 1 - " " ditto
N.42303 " 9.7.31 1 - K.S.480 40/50 HP. ditto
R.516 " 14.7.31 1 - K.S.340/720 Instrument tested and found correct.
  
  


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