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).
'Sg.' to 'Hs.' discussing the development of a silent third gear versus an epicyclic gear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\5\ Scan151 | |
| Date | 8th September 1930 | |
| X7310 Y523 X5310 X7310: To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Silent Third Gear etc. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}12/E8.9.30 Referring to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/MJ.2.9.30 you will have received a copy of R1/M1.9.30. I should be glad if you could tell me what line you think R.{Sir Henry Royce} is really pursuing at the present time. Both PN{Mr Northey} and I have read this memo. carefully but we have failed to elicit this information. We rather fear that he seems to have gone back to the epicyclic gear because he seems to say something definitely to the detriment of the various other schemes, but I still feel, and have felt for months, that the epicyclic gear is a very long way off and that it will be absolutely necessary for us to have something before that can possibly be brought to perfection. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [STAMP: RECEIVED SEP 9 1930 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}] HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||