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 to David Brown & Sons requesting a quote for cutting teeth on an experimental cluster gear layshaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0026 | |
| Date | 20th January 1939 | |
| 1153 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}C/MH.{M. Huckerby} 20th. January, 1939. Messrs. David Brown & Sons (Huddersfield) Ltd., HUDDERSFIELD. Dear Sirs, We send you herewith a drawing GB.4616, of an experimental cluster gear layshaft. Will you please let us know whether you can cut for us the teeth E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} We should send you a shaft with the other gears cut. If you can cut this gear will you let us know how long it would take after you receive the shaft and how much it would cost. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||