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).
The test bed trial of a speed limit device for marine engines.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\5\ scan0009 | |
Date | 26th April 1940 | |
C O P Y. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/ML.26.4.40. With reference to your memo AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson}6/P.24.4.40 re speed limit device or governor for marine engines, this is being tried on the test bed. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||