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).
The trial of a Claudel Hobson carburetter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 37\2\ scan 181 | |
| Date | 26th September 1917 | |
| To Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to EH. c. to BJ. St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} Margaret's Bay, Sept. 26th 1917. X.3188 X.3188 - RE CLAUDEL HOBSON CARBURETTER R6/W25917. With reference to the Claudel Hobson people and their carburetter, they ought to send us four for Mr. Hives to try on an engine. I do not think, however, there is very much in their improvements of importance which we have not already adopted when we designed the R.R.C.H. carburetter, and unless Mr. Hives reports to the contrary it would not justify the want of uniformity caused by making the change R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||