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 for a 1st speed wheel to continue B.V. gearbox testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\4\ scan0229 | |
| Date | 17th July 1939 | |
| 428 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/JRD. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/MH.{M. Huckerby}17.7.39. B.V. GEARBOX. It is essential to recommence dyno testing again as soon as possible. The works, as you know, have given us a layshaft and we need a 1st. speed wheel. There are some wheels in the Works in which the 2nd. speed dogs have been cut the wrong hand. These would suit our purpose. Please do all you can to get a 1st. speed wheel finished as soon as possible. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||