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).
Secret memo suggesting two alternative solutions for exhaust joints that are burning out during tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\3\ scan0146 | |
| Date | 29th September 1924 | |
| X.9230 To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} & BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to CJ. S E C R E T. E2/M29.9.24. E.A.C.111. EXHAUST JOINTS. X.9230. With regard to the exhaust joints burning out during the test of EAC.3. we suggest that you can obtain copper asbestos washers in which the asbestos is entirely enclosed in a copper sheath. Alternatively we could use a machined nipple for the joint insteadof the end of the pipe, and so provide a good face that would require no soft washer. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||