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).
45HP double top gearbox conversion to an electrically controlled friction type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\5\ Scan207 | |
| Date | 28th May 1931 | |
| X/310 HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} } ? C. to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. to HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 45HP. - DOUBLE TOP. R11/M28.5.31. X.7310. X.523. This should be ready for converting to electrically controlled friction type in the present box in the course of a few days. It promises to be simple and robust, and workable with a two speed box; -if good we can redesign much simpler and lighter. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||