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).
Proposal to produce and experimentally fit six sets of Texolite engine gears.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0123 | |
Date | 4th June 1934 | |
SECRET X411 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} and RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}16/T4.6.34. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} It was proposed at the last conference when Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} was here, that six sets of Texolite engine gears should be produced on production lines, and fitted on cars where customers would be sympathetic to an experimental job of this kind. Can you tell me if these have been instructed? By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Detail drawings ? Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} | ||