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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).
Disadvantages of light governor weights and recommending stronger control springs.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\1\  scan0197
Date  4th February 1927 guessed
  
contd :-

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The disadvantage of using light governor weights is the fact that they suffer when the oil is cold and the viscosity affects the small inner piston. We should prefer using stronger xxxxx control springs and the present governor weights.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/W.A.Robotham.
  
  


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