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).
Requesting parts for a relay clutch mechanism and B.II engine oil pump for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0367 | |
| Date | 11th May 1939 | |
| 2/2. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}6/MH.{M. Huckerby}11.5.39. RELAY CLUTCH MECHANISM. You will have received details of PD.431 for test on 6.B.IV. In addition to these parts we also require two sets of 10° helix gears suitable for a B.II engine oil pump. One should have the maximum backlash and the other the minimum allowed on the drawings. Will you please put these in hand. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||