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).
Letter from Gleason Works enclosing a hypoid gear summary and change sheet.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0299 | |
| Date | 20th March 1940 | |
| GLEASON WORKS Builders of Bevel Gear Machinery for Over Seventy Years 1000 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y., U. S. A.{Mr Adams} March 20, 1940 Rolls-Royce Limited Nightingale Road Derby, England Handwritten: 1015 Handwritten: Axle General File. Handwritten: AH. Gentlemen: Ref: Your order #8919 We enclose print of generated hypoid gear summary #1051 together with proportional development change sheet showing settings as developed at our plant for your 12 x 43 combination - 8 1/2" pitch diameter gear. The gears on this order were shipped on March 14th. Yours very truly, GLEASON WORKS Signature: F.{Mr Friese} L. Knowles FLKnowles:DG enclosures-print CC-Buck & Hickman, Ltd. London Handwritten: from Ray/Roy{Sir Henry Royce} Stamp: ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} REC'D APR 4 1940 | ||