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).
Wraith type propeller shaft on a Bentley, requesting a drawing for a re-standardised front coupling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\3\ scan0079 | |
| Date | 17th December 1936 | |
| 1762 237 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}14/AP.17.12.36. WRAITH TYPE PROPELLER SHAFT ON BENTLEY This shaft has, at the present, no provision for a damper. We should be glad if you would issue a drawing of a front coupling suitable for our present damper, as we have just re-standardised this feature. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||