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).
Prints for a B.V. gearbox and the need to acquire tooling to manufacture the parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\4\ scan0198 | |
| Date | 24th March 1939 | |
| 428 To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/JRD. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}10/MH.{M. Huckerby}24.3.39. B.V. GEARBOX. Herewith two prints each of the 1st. speed wheel and 2nd. speed driven gear with helical engaging dogs. We hope you will use all the persuasion possible to get the necessary spiral guides and cutters to make these parts. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||