The Merlin in Perspective - The Combat Years (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series No. 2)

204 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Early Background; Expansion; Developments; Experience in Service; Operational Flying; The Drive for Improvements; Main Service Problems: Backfires; Bearings; Service Lives; Supercharger and Carburation; Supercharger Drive; Wheelcase; Cylinder Blocks; Induction Pipes and Flame Traps; Cooling Systems; Propeller Reduction Gears; Connecting Rods and Pistons; Some Associated Problems; The Perspective; Appendix I. The Packard Merlin; Appendix II. Terminology; Appendix III. Other Merlin Applications; The Military Merlin Family; Summary Tables and Charts; Photographs.