Note about suction chambers swelling due to moisture, making them difficult to remove without causing damage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 12\4\ 04-page11 | |
| Date | 26th February 1914 | |
| Ei supra A&R. {Sir Henry Royce} 26-2-14 X705. When a car has been at some time the works under the suction chamber, it is thought, becomes swelled owing to the absorption of moisture and is able to exe(Aero Engine)rt sufficient pressure to make the use of a chisel and hammer apparently necessary to unscrew the suction chamber to the consequent detriment of the float chamber. Mr Wormald writes 16-2-14 re D.O. doing nothing with this job. I have written Howard & drawn his attention to my note to him of 10-9-13. which gives all particulars & some instruction that were issued to overcome the trouble and of which I heard nothing further. I am now urging for a report. | ||
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).