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).
Under-bonnet temperature readings for the petrol pumps on a 35-EX Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\4\ scan0261 | |
| Date | 28th April 1937 | |
| 1113 JBD{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} 126 3 HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/6/JAB. 28th April 1937. To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 35-EX. PHANTOM III. Petrol Pumps. Replying to your memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}21/JH.26.4.37, the under bonnet temperature taken by means of a thermometer attached to the upright portion of the petrol pipe below the carburetter was 65°c. The approximate standing time was eight minutes. The trouble cannot be reproduced whenever required, but we will try to give you the further data that you require, and any other information that we can. ---------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||