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).
Request to modify an HS gearbox to test the tooth loading of a new universal gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0251 | |
| Date | 25th June 1937 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}11/AP.25.6.37 328 4. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} GEARBOX. We want to modify this box so that we can test the 1st. speed tooth loading of the new universal gearbox. This means reducing the effective width of the 1st. speed wheel to .740". Will you please grind this gear accordingly. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||