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List of requested changes for the P.3. Gearbox 14.HS. for the 39-EX model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 94\2\  scan0166
Date  26th January 1937
  
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To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 17/AP.26.1.37.

P.3. GEARBOX 14.HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} for 39-EX.

Will you please incorporate in this box:-

(1) Rolls-Royce gears with soft splines.
(2) 9° screw threaded top and 3rd. gear cones.
(3) 8° screw threaded 2nd. gear cones with actuation to N.Sch.4949.
(4) Side shaft G.85124.
(5) Bearings to Ex.25331 and Ex.25846. This affects the C/M. gears.
(6) "Concertina" coupling.
(7) N.Sch.4824.

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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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).


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