Letter requesting a quotation for gearbox bearings and an update on rear axle investigations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0152 | |
| Date | 8th January 1937 | |
| X 328 (Experimental Dept.) Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/Gry {Shadwell Grylls} /R. 8th January, 1937. F.O. Hickling, Esq., Messrs. Ransome & Marles Bearing Co.,Ltd., NEWARK-on-TRENT. Dear Hickling, With regard to gearbox bearings, can you let me have a quotation for batches of 200 of the following types:- LDJT 1 3/8 as your sketch S.5632 16/6 } MDJT 1 1/2 x 72 mm. 22/3 } Phone from F.O.H. We can then decide the cost of reduction of slack in the end location of the shafts. How are your investigations into our rear axle progressing ? Yours sincerely, | ||
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).