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).
Continued note discussing the disappointing maximum speeds of the Hawk-Northcliffe engine compared to the EAC engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\3\ scan0381 | |
| Date | 8th February 1924 guessed | |
| contd:- -2- Our experience is, that maximum speeds are always disappointing on straight roads, for instance, the Hawk-Northcliffe with an engine which develops more H.P. than the EAC., on the test bench has not equalled the speed obtained on the EAC. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||