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Condition of various plated tappets after treatment.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 96\2\  scan0044
Date  9th May 1935
  
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HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 17/KW.9.5.35.

No. | Thickness of Plating | Treatment | Condition.
---|---|---|---
6A | .004 | Ground to clean | As 1A, but plating peeling badly
4A | .002 | " " | As 1A
5A | .002 | " " | As 6A

The remaining standard tappets, B-7, B-12, & A-7, A-12, were badly grooved without exception, and the surfaces badly scratched.

HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /L.H.Swindall.
  
  
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).


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