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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).
Improving the back axle design by considering a double bevel gear over a worm gear.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 23\3\  Scan006
Date  17th May 1911
  
17th May 1911

(6) for by our recent experience with the new tubular back axle before we lined the inside of the large tubes. This promises to make the back axle so much better that I feel inclined to try the double bevel gear, which might be another move and would make the bevel as good as the worm, which would be very desirable if it were possible, because of its greater efficiency and better road clearance.

F.H.R. 202A (100M) (W) 314. B.& D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} G 1025.
  
  


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