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 modifications to a Ph.III Rig Gearbox to increase the oil supply.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0222 | |
| Date | 31th October 1935 | |
| X328 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}9/KW.31.10.35. Ph.III Rig Gearbox. We are returning the above gearbox to the shop. The method of feeding oil to the inside of the 3rd motion shaft to N.Sch.4668, which you fitted recently, is successful except that we should like to increase the amount of oil supplied. Will you please carry out the modifications shown on the attached sketch. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||