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).
Requesting trials for a set of higher 1st speed gears for the Spectre Gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0184 | |
| Date | 5th September 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +328 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}21/KW.5.9.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III Gearbox. We have discovered that we have never tried any higher 1st speed gears. Will you please put in hand a set to N.Sch.4326 with modifications to Hdy.{William Hardy}1/HP.25.2.35. for trial in 1-S-1. We shall standardise these if possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||