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Page 3 of a report comparing the weight and durability of Dural versus steel nuts.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 31\5\  Scan269
Date  10th December 1934 guessed
  
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removed and tightened a considerable number of times without damage to either threads or hexagons.
12 Dural nuts weigh 13.4 grams.
12 steel nuts weigh 46.6 grams.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /G.H.Farmer.
  
  
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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