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 from C.C. Wakefield & Co. requesting to borrow a hypoid gear for a lubrication exhibition.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 20th August 1937 | |
| 1231 BY APPOINTMENT Makers of the Famous “PATENT CASTROL” Motor Oils. C. C. Wakefield & Co. Limited. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH CLASS LUBRICANTS. GOVERNING DIRECTOR, VISCOUNT WAKEFIELD OF HYTHE. MANAGING DIRECTOR, W.R.GRAHAM. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY, J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} BROWNE. TELEPHONES: CITY 4411 (11 Lines) RESEARCH DEPARTMENT. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO: RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, HAYES, Middlesex. Phone: HAYES 246/8 EAE/AF 20th August, 1937. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hives, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr. Hives, You are of course aware that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is sponsoring a General Discussion on Lubrication and Lubricants in October next. It has also been decided that an Exhibition shall be held at the Science Museum for fourteen days, starting from the opening of the Congress on the 13th October. I have been saddled with the responsibility of the Chairmanship of the Exhibition Sub-Committee, in addition to being on the Executive of the I.M.E. It is my object to collect material for the exhibition. Obviously, an exhibition without a hypoid gear both before and after mutilation would be incomplete. Would Messrs. Rolls-Royce lend us the essential parts of a hypoid gear to illustrate its functioning? If it is possible to find a gear which has been broken down I should like that too. | ||