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).
Requesting a trial pinion with rounded corners for the S.S. starter rig, with a handwritten note on the delay.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 64\4\ scan0175 | |
| Date | 7th February 1929 | |
| X.7655 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from EFC. EFC3/T7.2.29. We have not yet received the backed-off pinion for trial on the S.S. starter rig. R.{Sir Henry Royce} now suggests that he would like us to try a pinion with corners completed rounded, i.e. both engaging and disengaging corners. We should be pleased if you would arrange to supply such a pinion. [Handwritten note:] EFC, Delay on this is on to Beans G.F.C. being Crowned in Birmingham hope to receive this week end AHE | ||