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).
Instructing the fitting of thermometers to a Phantom III for the Nairobi Run.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\4\ scan0033 | |
Date | 3rd February 1937 | |
To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/AP.3.2.37. 21/1 Nairobi Run Phantom III. Des. Please will you arrange for the fitting of a Negretti & Zambra thermometer in the oil inlet pipe to the cooler. Also one to measure the under-bonnet temperature in the vicinity of the petrol pump. (Thermometers to be supplied) Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||