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 proposing to obtain and test a Cotal electromagnetic gearbox for British customers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\5\ scan0282 | |
| Date | 27th February 1940 | |
| Handwritten: .1245 copy in file 1153. To Rolls-Royce Ltd. Derby......... Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Levallois Sr.I/ET.27.2.40 Dear Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, I enclose herewith report which I have had Paulin look up on the Cotal electro magnetic gear box. It will be quite easy for us to obtain such a gear box, if you wish to carry out a series of tests, by applying direct to M.Eloël, who is the builder, in France, of the Cotal box. I should say that it would be quite a good idea for us to try one out in this manner, as they ought to be very useful to the British customers, owing to the weird roads that still exist in England. I hope you are keeping fit. Yours sincerely, P.S. We have not translated this report owing to rush of work at this end and the fact that you told me you had a very smart translator at your end. | ||