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).
Quoting Mr. Royce's response to a suggestion about a buttress tooth for worm gear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\6\ B002_X 140 141 157-page210 | |
| Date | 1st May 1912 | |
| Mr Whitehead. 1.5.12. TBB10/L1512. X141 With reference to your suggestion concerning a buttress tooth for worm gear, Mr Royce writes as follows:- "Many thanks to Mr Whitehead, his suggestions of a buttress tooth are very reasonable but experiments show no advantage, and theory (as far as my knowledge goes) very little and some disadvantage." | ||