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).
Modification to a B.5 and B.50 gearbox second motion shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0044 | |
| Date | 4th February 1939 | |
| BY/15. c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} GRY{Shadwell Grylls}- 1153 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}4/G.4.2.39. B.5 and B.50. GEARBOX. Please receive herewith PD.372 shewing the second motion shaft of PD.360, modified to facilitate the cutting of the teeth on the reverse pinion. The pinion has been carried further away from the 3rd speed pinion. We understand that BY/CRL.{C. R. Lisson} has particulars for modifying the detail, and it now requires instructing officially. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||