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).
Cablegram from Detroit regarding the study of an American Terraplane gearbox and engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img259 | |
| Date | 10th February 1934 | |
| Form No. 6. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM 1320 BIRMINGHAM, 1, BROAD ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} CHAMBERS. TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 2854. TELEX: CENTRAL 2859. ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. 1934 FEB 10 AM 7 29 MF BM 36 DETROIT 56 9 NLT ROYCAR DERBY ROLLS ROYCE LTD NIGHTINGALE ROAD DERBY HIVES CONSIDERED TERRAPLANE GEARBOX STANDS AMERICAN CONDITIONS DIMENSIONS WORTH STUDY LATEST TERRAPEANE SIX THREE POINT FIVE LITRES PARALLELS EIGHTS SMOOTHNESS WITH SIMILAR MOUNTING EXAMINE FRONT PNEUMATIC CUP SUPPORT ON CAR AT DERBY THREE BEARING CRANKSHAFT EIGHTYFIVE PERCENT BALANCE TOP PERIOD B WINS FIVE FOURHUNDRED HALF PERIOD ELIMINATED BY DAMPER SIMILAR DESIGN TO TERRAPLANE ROBOTHAM | ||