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Modifications to a cast iron gearbox.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 104\4\  scan0064
Date  10th November 1931
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} y5310 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 10/MJ.10.11.31.

CAST IRON GEARBOX.

We wish to use in this box the stiffened reverse shaft at present in 12-G4. The front bush we should like to the temporary scheme on N.sch.3359 in whitemetal .0035 clearance, but of increased diameter as in 12-G4. The rear bush to be as now in 12-G4. in whitemetal with horizontal groove at the top.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /H.Grylls.

Attached N.Sch.3359.
  
  
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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