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).
Continued note on the design and benefits of a nearly silent flywheel geared type system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 64\4\ scan0020 | |
| Date | 2nd May 1927 | |
| Contd. -2- R3/M2.5.27. We believe in this form it will be equal or superior to all others we know of. It is of the flywheel geared type, and that is one of the reasons for getting it out of gear and bringing it to rest as quickly as possible, as this type of gear is nearly silent. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||