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).
Querying a report on a shrunken petrol pump diaphragm and dispatching a specialist to investigate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0230 | |
| Date | 27th April 1937 | |
| 300a Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/R.27.4.37. 35-EX. With reference to the attached Daily Report from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}, we are querying his statement that the petrol pump diaphragmShave shrunk. This may be correct, but it is entirely contrary to the experimental results which we have had at Derby. We are sending Dixon, who is our Fuel System Specialist, to Chateauroux to investigate petrol pump trouble and vapour lock, on the spot. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||