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).
Proposal for timing gear tests on Bentley units, comparing standard and Textolite gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0097 | |
| Date | 27th September 1933 | |
| X + 11 To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}14/KT. 27.9.33. TIMING GEAR TESTS. We are proposing to keep Bentley units 7 & 8 for tests on the standard type of timing gear with the balanced cam. We wish to utilise engines B.1. and B.5. for experiments on Textolite timing gears. Will you please fit Textolite gears to B.1. unit which we will then fit to the blue car. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||