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).
Letter to The S.U. Carburetter Co. requesting a supply of specified carburetter needles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\4\ scan0078 | |
| Date | 31th October 1935 | |
| X1487 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}7/KW. 31st October, 1935. The S.U. Carburetter Co., East Works, Adderley Park, Birmingham 8. Dear Sirs, Will you please supply 3 pairs each of the following needles :- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Z" 90 84.5 79.5 77 75.5 73.5 72 70.5 69 67 66 65 64 - "B1" 100 96 92.5 89.5 87 85 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 Measured in thous' of an inch, at intervals of .125" from the shoulder of the needle. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||