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).
Effect of U.S. gasoline on copper parts, recommending nickel plating for carburetter floats.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\2\ scan0016 | |
| Date | 6th July 1921 | |
| X.4351 Extract from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/LG6.7.21. RE CARS FOR AMERICA. X.3719 Item 14. Copper parts affected by U.S. Gasoline. X.4351 We are expecting shortly to be able to recommend the nickel plating of carburetter floats. As regards the pipe line there is no suggestion of making this of anything else but copper. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||