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 an inventor offering a patented design for an automatic gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\4\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 27th January 1944 | |
| Handwritten note: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/h.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Ask this man to send particulars Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1247 112 Boston Manor Road, Brentford, Middlesex. 27th January, 1944. The Managing Director, Rolls-Royce, Limited 14 - 15 Conduit Street Regent Street, W.1. Dear Sir, I have made an invention relating to Improvements in Methods of Coupling the Engine to the Driving Wheels in motor vehicles. The invention provides means for automatic change of gear in motor car, in place of usual hand operated gear box. Should you be interested, I shall be pleased to send you a copy of a Provisional Specification, as filed at the Patent Office, the drawing and description referred to them by numerals. Yours faithfully, E Rosenblum EDWARD ROSENBLUM. | ||