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).
Request to produce a shock damper valve chamber with an increased taper on the valve seat.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0023 | |
| Date | 20th February 1933 | |
| X235 RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.4/KT. 20.2.33. Will you please produce one shock damper valve chamber F.100694 to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 936. The taper on the valve seat is increased from 28° to 60° but the orifice into the cylinder is the same diameter as before. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. | ||