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).
Preliminary tests for providing extra oil to cylinders.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\3\ Scan049 | |
| Date | 8th January 1930 | |
| 7050 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}2/MJ.8.1.30. EXTRA OIL TO THE CYLINDERS. We have now completed our preliminary tests on extra oil to the cylinders. We require crankshaft bottom half. pistons and connecting rod fitted to 1 and 4 cylinders. We then propose to drive the crankshaft by means of a belt and observe whether the extra oil round the piston is satisfactory. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||