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 to Associated Transmissions Ltd. declining a suggested design for a silent third gearbox using Humfrey-Sandberg clutches.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\2\ scan0108 | |
| Date | 6th October 1931 | |
| γ 3200 Expl. Dept. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/MJ. October 6th.1931. Associated Transmissions Ltd., 40, Grosvenor Gardens, London.S.W.1. Dear Sirs, ref: JCWH/NCB. Replying to your letter of the 5th.inst., It has been decided not to go ahead with your suggested design of using Humfrey-Sandberg clutches for a silent third gearbox. We wish to thank you very much for the trouble you have taken. Yours faithfully, For Rolls-Royce Ltd. | ||