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).
Query regarding a request from Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. to purchase a sectioned synchro-mesh gearbox for advertising.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan302 | |
| Date | 13th April 1934 | |
| COPY. S/W. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}...from C. G17/C13.4.34. Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd., write us as follows:- "We are considering the preparation of a sectioned working model of a synchro-mesh gearbox. This will be used for advertising purposes, lectures, etc., and will circulate throughout the World. Accordingly we wish to purchase a medium size gear box incorporating synchro-mesh principles. Will you please quote us your price for one of these components, and we trust that in view of the World-wide publicity the finished model will ultimately receive, it may be possible for you to take this into consideration." We think that this model would be a very good advertisement for us unless, of course, we are giving away any particular processes that we would rather keep to ourselves, or at least make it difficult for others to ascertain full details of. Will you please, therefore, let me know whether, technically, you see any objection to supplying them with this gearbox for the purpose they name. C. | ||