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).
Phantom III axle and gearbox temperatures and oil from Chateauroux, France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0135 | |
| Date | 25th October 1935 | |
| [Handwritten annotations] GRY{Shadwell Grylls}- Z/A# [crossed out] IAS [crossed out] WJD [crossed out] X300a/2 [Typed Content] To. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From. G.W.H. HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/5/JAB. 25th October 1935. 31. EX - PHANTOM III We have not as yet take Axle temperatures, but will send the temperature along as soon as convenient. The temperature of the Gearbox has not been high, the maximum reading being 81°C. We have not heard from Wakefield's re the oil for the Gearbox, so we are continuing with the CW oil plus 20% High pressure oil. [Signature] G.W.Hancock G.W.H. | ||