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).
Urgent request to order four different bearings from Ransome & Marles for a Phantom III Gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0191 | |
| Date | 18th March 1937 | |
| 328 Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. to G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}9/R.18.3.37. Will you please order from Ransome & Marles one each of the following four bearings; we require these urgently for P.III Gearbox:- (1) MDJT 1 1/4" x 72 mm x 1.3/16ths. (2) LDJT 1 5/8" x 80 mm x 1.3/16ths. (3) LJT. 55 x 100 x 21. (4) LJT. 2 1/8" x 3 1/4" x 11/16ths. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||