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 regarding a preliminary investigation and recalculation for a 12-cylinder car's gear ratio.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\5\ scan0147 | |
| Date | 17th September 1937 | |
| GLEASON WORKS Builders of Bevel Gear Machinery for Over Seventy Years 1000 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y., U. S. A.{Mr Adams} September 17, 1937 + 302 Rolls-Royce Ltd. Derby England Gentlemen: We acknowledge your letter of August 25th together with detail prints for your 12 cylinder car. We have made a preliminary investigation but find that a complete recalculation of this ratio will be required in order to entirely eliminate cutter interference with the pilot bearing. This will require approximately ten days' time and we shall write you further as soon as it is completed. Yours very truly, GLEASON WORKS F.L. Knowles FLKnowles:elb [Stamp: RECEIVED 28 SEP 1937 Ogh] | ||