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).
Requesting a new seven-vaned diffuser for a Bentley Supercharger due to noise issues with the current nine-bladed one.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\1\ scan0188 | |
| Date | 17th July 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x-209 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth, 2/KW.17.7.35. Bentley Supercharger with Diffuser. The nine-bladed diffuser we are using at present is very noisy, and we wish to try one with seven vanes. Will you please make us a diffuser to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2061 attached. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||