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).
Correcting a description of the operation of helical gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\1\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 26th April 1932 | |
| 81729. To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} From HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} c. to Mar. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}S/MA.26. 4. 32. ----------------------- We wish to correct our HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}ll/MJ.20.4.32. It should read. Three trains of helical gears, two operated by synchro-mesh cones and the third by a jaw clutch. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} | ||