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).
Page 2 of a memorandum by F.H. Royce detailing improvements to the central brake and change speed levers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 4th December 1912 guessed | |
| -2- is likely to be easily kept free from a rattling state of looseness. Every move we make must bemade with a definite view to improvements. F.H.Royce. Re Dukes central brake and change speed levers. (1) The stay should come straight to the tube, put strap another/stay round the tube or drill through the tube. (2) Base of the supportoof the quadrant should be under the quadrant and not overhung from such a small and unsatisfactory face use the cover of the gear box there is the cover underneath that can be used to get to the gears. F.H.Royce. | ||