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).
Scheme for plain spherically mounted bearings on the second speed selector shaft for the Wraith Gearbox.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\11\ 11-page012 | |
Date | 21th November 1934 | |
46709 628 To EY. from HDY.{William Hardy} HDY.{William Hardy}3/HP.21.11.34. c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}E. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Ba. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Wraith Gearbox. N. Sch.4254 herewith shows plain spherically mounted bearings applied to the 2nd speed selector shaft. We are not sure yet whether these will be required and suggest that the scheme should not be detailed unless we inform you to the contrary. HDY.{William Hardy} | ||