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).
With a sketch detailing the .010' end clearance on a special gearbox stay for a Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0244 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1937 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GRY{Shadwell Grylls} 41 The detail drgs show .005 C .070 300a Join a/c men To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} GRY{Shadwell Grylls} c.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX, Indre. France. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/6/JAB. 3rd May 1937. 35-EX. - PHANTOM III. Special Gearbox Stay. In reply to your memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GRy.{Shadwell Grylls}12/AP.1.5.37, we give herewith sketch showing where we have measured the .010" end clearance in this joint. -------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Frank Waller. GEAR Box .010 CLEARANCE HERE BETWEEN WASHER & STAY. | ||