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Secret internal memo reporting on the first test run of the E.A.C. engine under light loads.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\K\September1923\  Scan70
Date  21th September 1923
  
ORIGINAL.

To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to CJ.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 6/LG21.9.23.

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} A. {Mr Adams} C. - SECRET. X4606

We have had the above engine running for the
first time on the Test Bench today. So far it has
only been run under light loads.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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