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Secret memo regarding schemes for the Japan 3 gearbox and forthcoming modifications.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\V\October1930-February1931\  Scan314
Date  7th February 1931
  
BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FROM DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
C. to SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [Strikethrough]
C. to HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} HY. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} [Strikethrough]
SECRET.
ORIGINAL.
JAPAN(Experimental Engine) 3. GEARBOX.
DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 4/H7.2.31.
X5310
Herewith we send N. schemes 3210/16/17/18. - arrangements of the gearbox.
They are nearly up-to-date but there are a few slight detail modifications recently called for by R. {Sir Henry Royce} for which we shall be sending you sketches in the course of a day or two.
DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  
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).


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