Vincent Black Shadow and C bikes having 1⅛" Amal 289 carburettors and Series D bikes having 1⅛" Amal Type 389/10 units. While other contemporary motorcycles tended to be polished and chromed, founder Philip Conrad Vincent (PCV) decreed that the Black Shadow engine itself be black. The engine's signature colour was achieved by applying a "pyluminising" coating of chromate anti-corrosion primer over which a layer of Pinchin & Johnson black enamel was added. The part was then baked in an oven for 2 hours at . Although some have claimed that the black finish increased the rate of heat rejection from the engine, its
The Black Prince (play) and Katherine Corey as Cleorin. Samuel Pepys attended the first and third performances of the play; he thought the drama itself was weak, but admired the staging. The play was first printed in "Two New Tragedies" (1669), along with Boyle's "Tryphon", by Henry Herringman. In the following year in appeared again in "Four New Plays", a collection of Boyle's dramas, also from Herringman. The Black Prince (play) The Black Prince is a Restoration era stage play, a historical tragedy written by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery. It premiered on stage in 1667 and was first published in 1669. The