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 a gear change on a dynamometer axle for testing a new gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0096 | |
| Date | 31th May 1939 | |
| 1153 J 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}4/MH.{M. Huckerby}31.5.39. We are going to dynamometer the third of the new gearboxes, i.e. No.9, and before we can do this we need to change the axle gears in the dynamometer axle. We are handing you the axle tonight and should be glad if you would fit the pair of 10/43 S/ZNCR. gears which are available in the Fitting Shop. As soon as the gearbox has done its running, and if nothing goes wrong, it will be available for one of the new cars. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||