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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).
Extract discussing a revised lubrication method for future engine wheelcase gears to prevent noise.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 56\3\  Scan057
Date  8th October 1921
  
X.4233
8.10.21

Extract from E2/G8.10.21. X.4219

X.4233

We are dealing with the wheelcase for future engines, and shewing a revised method of lubrication for the gears, whereby the discharge from the oil pump will not flood the gears with oil and cause noise at starting.

W

E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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