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).
Instructions for fitting various Negretti and Zambra thermometers to a 26-G-VI car for cooling system suitability tests at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\1\ scan0345 | |
| Date | 8th October 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. c. Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 1114 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.9/MH.{M. Huckerby}8.10.37. 26-G-VI CAR. As Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} has agreed that this car can go to Brooklands for cooling system suitability tests, will you please carry out the following work in addition to that already requested. (1) Fit a Negretti and Zambra thermometer into the calorstat cover so that it records top tank temperature - the calorstat can be omitted. (2) Fit a Negretti and Zambra thermometer in the front portion of the bottom water pipe. (3) Fit a Negretti and Zambra thermometer with its bulb on the front bumper bar to record air temperatures. (4) Fit a Negretti and Zambra thermometer with its bulb adjacent to the air intake. (5) Mount the dial heads of the above instruments in a panel attached to the facia board. We will supply the Negretti and Zambra thermometers for the purposes mentioned above. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||