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 Gleason Works concerning scored gears and an experimental axle deflection test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\4\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 9th September 1938 | |
| GLEASON WORKS Builders of Bevel Gear Machinery for Over Seventy Years 1000 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. - 2 - Rolls-Royce,Ltd. We trust you have forwarded the scored gears for our in-spection and also assembly print showing mountings, maximum motor torque, low gear ratio, tire size and loaded weight on rear axle. This information was requested in our letters of February 24th and March 3. We also strongly advise that you forward an experimental axle to us for deflection test as requested in our letter of March 3. There is no charge for this deflection test. We shall write you further promptly on receipt of above mate-rial. Very truly yours, GLEASON WORKS F.L.Knowles Engineering Department F.L.Knowles:HF{H. W. Frost - Coachwork Inspector} CC Buck & Hickman,Ltd. | ||