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).
Request for a pair of dynamometer axle gears for testing under 8 cylinder torque, based on new blueprints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\4\ scan0361 | |
| Date | 11th August 1939 | |
| 1126 & 1015 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}6/JH.11.8.39. With regard to our conversation with WSC.{W. S. Cassel} about dynamometer axle gears, Lesson has prepared new marked up blue prints of these numbers GB.53339/40. We require a pair of these in SZNCR as soon as possible to test under 8 cylinder torque. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||