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).
Recommending the discontinuation of 16 x 52 Gleason gears for repairs, suggesting a 15 x 52 ratio replacement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\2\ Scan185 | |
| Date | 20th March 1923 | |
| X3612 Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EY. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG20.3.23. GLEASON GEARS FOR REPAIRS. As we are not now producing any 16 X 52 Gears for production, we recommend that we should stop producing this ratio for repair cars. It would no doubt give better satisfaction on any car to fit the 15 X 52 in place of the 16 X 52. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||