Experiments on Phantom III gearboxes to prevent gears from coming out of mesh.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0017 | |
| Date | 8th July 1936 | |
| X328 To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 10/JH, 8.7.36. Phantom III Gear Boxes. In case the position of experiments to prevent gears coming out of mesh is not clear, we are anxious to try the following - (1) Soft 3rd motion shaft and sliding piece in 8.HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (2) Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 141 with hard shafts in 4.HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).