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Required weight of a 20 HP engine float for use with Benzol fuel.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\2\  B001_X 53-page60
Date  1st January 1925
  
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To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMW. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMW/LGL.1.25.

20 HP. FLOAT FOR BENZOL. +4228

Herewith float which has been weighted to give correct level in float chamber when using Benzol.

Particulars of weight etc :-

Weight for benzol - 27 drms.
" " petrol - 23 "
Weight Extra for benzol - 4 "

If standard float be used with benzol, the float chamber level is .125" low.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMW.
  
  
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).


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