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).
Order for a modified Steering Gear from Adamant Engineering Co.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\2\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 14th February 1936 | |
| X1300 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}16/KW.14.2.36. Will you please send to the Adamant Engineering Co., Luton, an official order for one Steering Gear as specified below :- 1.7/16 Double Tooth Marles Gear, similar to the one previously supplied to us, but with helix angle increased in ratio of 9 : 8 and rockershaft dia. increased from 1.000 to 1.187. The Order No. for above is 54307. We attach copies of our correspondence with the Adamant Co. concerning this gear. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||