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 Gleason Works regarding developed settings and shipment of a hypoid gear combination.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\1\ scan0167 | |
| Date | 27th September 1939 | |
| GLEASON WORKS Builders of Bevel Gear Machinery for Over Seventy Years 1000 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y., U. S. A.{Mr Adams} September 27, 1939 Rolls-Royce Limited Nightingale Road Derby, England 402 Gentlemen: Enclosed find duplicate prints of generated hypoid summary # 1000 showing developed settings for the 13 x 43 combination, 5.059 gear DP, together with sheet showing proportional cutting changes. This development was made on your order 2324 and gears on this order will be shipped tomorrow September 28th. Yours very truly, GLEASON WORKS F.L. Knowles FLKnowles:DG enclosures CC to Buck & Hickman, London [Handwritten Notes:] Sps These refer to you it is believed EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} + BV Rear Axle DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} PH EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 3.3 to 1. 8 1/2" Crown wheel FH/PH [Stamps:] RECEIVED 13 OCT 1939 RECEIVED 16 OCT 1939 | ||