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).
Request to further dismantle a Lanchester gearbox to collect data on brake load and friction coefficient.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\3\ Scan117 | |
Date | 7th July 1932 | |
X440. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}6/MA, 7.7.32. LANCHESTER GEAR-BOX. We wish to get some further particulars about this gearbox such as the load on the brakes and working coefficient of friction. Will you therefore please further dismantle the box so that we can collect the required data at various stages in its reassembly. Rn.{Mr Robinson} wishes to build up the car again as soon as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||