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).
Letter from Gleason Works regarding changes to part numbers and shipping schedule for ratio gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0248 | |
| Date | 12th September 1939 | |
| 1015 GLEASON GLEASON WORKS Builders of Bevel Gear Machinery for Over Seventy Years 1000 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y., U. S. A.{Mr Adams} September 12, 1939 Rolls-Royce Ltd. Derby, England EKT. Gentlemen: Reference: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/MH{M. Huckerby} We have your letter of August 22nd and we have changed the part numbers on the 13/43 ratio gears as requested. The work on these gears is moving along as scheduled but we cannot at this time foresee any chance of shipping sooner than September 30th as promised. Yours very truly, GLEASON WORKS HLampman HLampman:DG | ||