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The inferior wearing qualities of bone grey fibre following a 10,000-mile test on a chassis in France.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 69\1\  scan0405
Date  25th September 1926
  
To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
c. Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead}

X 4646

EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 1/T25.9.26.

X.4646 - BONE GREY FIBRE

Referring back to our EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 1/T2.11.25, and particularly with reference to bone grey fibre, the 10,000 mile test of the bone grey fibre made from the sample received from Messrs. Spauldings (and referred to in that report), has shewn itself to be considerably inferior in wearing qualities on the actual job on the 10,000 mile test on a chassis in France.

We consider it should not be used if the better material which we were using before the Spaulding fibre was available, is still itself available.

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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