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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
  
  


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