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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).
Concluding paragraph regarding the use of E.P. lubricants to reduce the weight of aircraft engine reduction gears.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 27\3\  Scan245
Date  7th October 1939
  
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7th. October, 1939.

In conclusion, we do not understand why advantage
has not been taken on aircraft engines of E.P. lubricants
to reduce the weight of the reduction gear by giving it
a separate lubrication system of its own.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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