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 manufacture an induction pipe for downdraught carburetter tests on a Bentley engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\4\ scan0115 | |
| Date | 2nd March 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +208 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}1/KW. 2.3.35. Induction Pipe for Downdraught Carburetter. We wish to carry out preliminary tests on a Bentley engine, with downdraught carburetters, to get a line of investigation for Wraith etc. The attached sketch Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1818 shows the details of a pipe on which we can start. Will you please make this pipe as shown. The carburetter to suit, and a cylinder head, can be supplied by C.T.S. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.T.Salt. | ||