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).
Recommending the purchase of six more sets of 9/37 axle gears from the supplier Gleasons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0144 | |
| Date | 20th July 1938 | |
| γ 1152? To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}20.7.38. AXLE GEARS. We do not yet wish to buy the equipment for making any particular ratio of axle gears to suit the semi-floating axle. We recommend, therefore, that you obtain six more sets of 9/37 gears from Gleasons. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||