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).
Confirmation of a request to fit crowded rollers to the side shaft of a 1-R-1 gear box.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\1\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 27th February 1940 | |
| 1022 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/HL.27.2.40. 1 - R - 1 Gear Box. This is to confirm that we have asked you to fit crowded rollers to the side shaft of the above gear box while it is dismantled. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FMH. | ||