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).
With instructions on how to fit a propeller shaft damper, but to leave it off for the moment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\4\ scan0147 | |
| Date | 31th March 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth.8/AP.31.3.37. 37-EX. Will you please fit the propeller shaft damper somthat the sliding joint is at the rear. The flange to take the damper should be retained at the front, but for the moment we want the damper left off. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. | ||