Letter regarding improved transmission, specifically the Sinclair Hydraulic Coupling and Millam Free Wheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\4\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 19th September 1932 | |
| Y 1511. SIR W. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. (ENGINEERS) LTD. SCOTSWOOD WORKS, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, 5. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "ARMSTRONGS, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE" TELEPHONE: NEWCASTLE 34201 (4 Lines) LONDON OFFICE: THAMES HOUSE, WESTMINSTER, S. W. 1. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "ZIGZAG, CHURTON, LONDON." TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 2233-8. VICTORIA 1294-6. ASSOCIATED COMPANIES ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED (FORMERLY SIR W. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. LTD.) SIR W. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. (SHIPBUILDERS) LTD SIR W. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. (IRONFOUNDERS) LTD Free Wheel Department. It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the following reference letter and number be quoted F.W. P.W. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Limited, Nightingale Road, Osmaston, DERBY. 19th September, 1932. HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Dear Sirs, Sinclair Hydraulic Coupling and Millam Free Wheel combined. -------------------------------- The question of improved transmission is engaging the attention of Motor-car Designers more seriously than anything else at the present moment. The subject has been explored along many avenues, and certain results have been achieved. The Motor Buyer is, in consequence, demanding some form of improvement, and no doubt history will repeat itself, and the greater sales will follow the adoption of a transmission which approaches most closely the popular ideal. The features most urgently demanded appear to be :- -1- | ||
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).