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).
Query from C.A. Vandervell & Co. Ltd. regarding the engagement of a pinion on the 20 HP Car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\5\ Scan173 | |
| Date | 19th May 1927 | |
| TELEGRAMS: 'VANTERIA-PHONE-LONDON' TELEPHONE: CHISWICK 3801 (14 LINES). X3587 BY APPOINTMENT. C.A.VANDERVELL & CO. LTD. (AND REDUCED) ACTON · LONDON · W·3 ENGINEERS. Also at BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, COVENTRY, DUBLIN, GLASGOW, LEEDS, MANCHESTER, NEWCASTLE. CABLE CODES: MARCONI INTERNATIONAL, BENTLEYS, A.B.C. ETC. MEMBERS OF AUTOMOBILE AIRCRAFT · AND MARINE EQUIPMENTS FOR LIGHTING STARTING AND IGNITION RADIO APPARATUS REF:- WHG/AES. DATE 19th May. 1927 E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Fowler Clark, Esq., C/O.{Mr Oldham} Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd, DERBY. Dear Mr. Fowler Clark, I should like to know how the pinion which looks like a Bendix pinion is engaged on the 20 H.P. Rolls-Royce Car. If you are not at liberty to give me this information, just say so frankly and I shall not, of course, be offended. The pinion I refer to looks like a Bendix pinion on the outside and has a brass or bronze bush without any screw thread. I presume there is a screwed inertia member mounted behind the pinion, but I should like to know. I still remember with great pleasure the evening I spent with you at your home, when you showed me some very interesting experiments with electrical discharges; and the model automatic railway. With kind regards, I remain, Yours sincerely, William H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Glaser. | ||