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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).
Hand-drawn sketch with typed annotations of a pawl and ratchet mechanism.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\J\April1923\  Scan15
Date  30th April 1923 guessed
  
I left the pawls to West WitteringHenry Royce's home town,
But cannot help sending you this.

60° fairly exactly.

About .3 or .4

About .1 or .125

3 pairs exactly diametrically oppo-site - i.e. 6 ratchets have teeth divisible by 2 but not by 6.

Pin driven in pawl tightly, not to carry load but to prevent movement shewn.
Scale about 5/4.

.3 or .4 wide.
  
  


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