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).
Testing status of an Essex Terraplane eight-cylinder engine.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\6\ Scan150 | |
Date | 18th April 1934 | |
To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} 4217 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/MJ.18.4.34. ESSEX TERRAPLANE EIGHT-CYLINDER. Replying to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}20/E17.4.34. At present this engine is being run on the test bed. After the tests on there are completed we have the necessary parts ready to fit it into a car. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||