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).
Instructions for fitting a Tufnol bearing Wraith water pump and a Phantom III type oil cooler to the 'TOMB' water pump test rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0244 | |
| Date | 27th June 1938 | |
| 1269 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. c. W.Bell. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.1/MH.{M. Huckerby}27.6.38. WATER PUMP TEST RIG - TOMB. Will you please fit the Tufnol bearing Wraith water pump (with the new Tufnol bush just completed for same) to the above rig. This may necessitate removal of the dynamo and shaft rigging up in its place. If so, we would like you to do this. Will you also fit to this rig the oil cooler of the standard P.III type which we will hand you and which has been built in a special way. we would like to get these two items running as soon as possible. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||