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Page discussing the weakness of an open propeller shaft requiring hand-lubrication for its joints.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\J\January1923\  Scan40
Date  29th January 1923 guessed
  
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from the gearbox.

The chief weakness with the open propeller shaft is the necessity of hand-lubrication for the joints.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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