Instruction to bond experimental steel brake shoes with zinc instead of brass, designating the material as 'F.B.A.'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\1\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 13th January 1936 | |
| BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /TWD. {T. W. D’Aeith} c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} X1180 BY.5/G.13.1.36. CHASSIS) - BRAKE MATERIAL. In accordance with Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 2/KW.10.1.36. will you kindly arrange that in future all experimental material ordered for steel brake shoes should be bonded with zinc and not with brass. As explained in the above the designation for this particular type of material is ".F.B.A." BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).