Cover note for sketch Hs.747 detailing a modification to the cylinder head compression ratio for the Peregrine engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\7\ Scan150 | |
| Date | 29th October 1932 | |
| PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) Files. x/90 29.10.32. The attached sketch Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 747 shows a means of altering the compression ratio of cylinder heads to E.100578 from 6.5/1 to 6.0/1 and which will be used on the first Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) going to France. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} | ||
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