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).
Decision to abandon the double bevel axle in favour of the worm axle and a staffing update.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\6\ B002_X 140 141 157-page198 | |
| Date | 11th April 1912 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (Two Lines). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed: Mr Johnson. DATE: 11.4.12. Handwritten top right: 4141 Handwritten left margin: X415 Handwritten left margin in red ink: To file double bevel & broken worm samples Red Stamp left margin: ENCLOSURE Reference: TEB1/L11412. With reference to the attached concerning the double bevel axle, I note you ask us to obtain the double bevel and proceed on the lines indicated by Mr Royce, but Mr Royce advises us in the memo referred to, to abandon the double bevel and to continue to work on the worm axle. We recently decided to fit the Hindley worm to our worm axle for the purpose of test. The results of these tests will be forwarded to Mr Royce as soon as completed. Will you kindly instruct me concerning your reference to the double bevel. The question of a permanent draughtsman for Mr Royce was discussed at the 114th meeting, held on April 10th, when we decided that Mr Nadin This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||