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).
Requesting the dismantling of a Rover gearbox for comparison with the B.50 model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\3\ scan0256 | |
| Date | 15th July 1938 | |
| 1153 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}6/MH.{M. Huckerby}15.7.38. We understand the gearbox we have obtained from Rovers has arrived. Will you please have it entirely dismantled and all the parts laid out for inspection on a table. The object in obtaining this box is to be able to compare the pieces with those of the B.50 which are said to have twice as many machining operations. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||