Directive to stop work on specific reduction gear parts for the electric starter due to a new design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 37\2\ scan 028 | |
| Date | 4th July 1918 | |
| X.3328 To Mr. Coverley from BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HBO. c. to E.F.C. 4th. July - 1918. 2 BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HBO1/GK4718. X.3328. (crossed out) X.3161. (crossed out) X.3247. (crossed out) RE - REDUCTION GEAR FOR ELECTRIC START R. {Sir Henry Royce} As Mr. Royce has now started upon a further scheme in which he is attempting to use the eexisting hand starter gear as a part of the electrical starter reduction, will you kindly stop work on;- L.O.P. E.15149 x 3161 B. E.15287 x 3161.C. E.15150 x.3247. E.15426 x 3247. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HBO. | ||
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).