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 from M. Olley of Rolls Royce of America Inc. discussing the design of a complex filler cap for tanks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\3\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 10th December 1920 | |
| R.R. 235g (100 T) (S.H. 798 10-12-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2948 Contd. -3- We proved on 4.EX how difficult it was to do this with a screwed cap, and we provide the complex filler cap for the same reason. The present fixing is quite good as far as we have got in producing these tanks, from the point of view of ease in making a gas-tight joint. Yours truly, ROLLS ROYCE OF AMERICA INC. Per. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Olley. Enc. B/Ps A-522 A-445As. Sketch shewing luggage carrier and tank. | ||