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).
Letter from a steel works discussing the properties, supply, and soldering of stainless steel sheets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\1\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 13th November 1918 | |
| X.3404 BROWN, BAYLEY'S STEEL WORKS LTD., SHEFFIELD. LONDON OFFICE: 5, LAURENCE POUNTNEY HILL, CANNON STREET, E.C. TELEGRAMS: BALI, LONDON. TELEPHONE: 8232 BANK. M/AJ OUR REFERENCE. Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}14/NJ81118 YOUR REFERENCE. TELEGRAMS: "BAYLEY," SHEFFIELD. TELEPHONE: 82.83.84 & 85. CENTRAL. 13th November 1918. SUBJECT Messrs Rolls-Royce Limited, Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, In reply to your letter of the 8th instant, it is quite possible to roll Stainless Steel in sheets, though we are unable to do it at these Works. Messrs Thomas Firth & Sons we believe, regularly undertake this. We send you herewith a chart showing you the co-efficient of expansion of our Stainless Steel, but regret that we have not the same information with regard to "Quickstep" Steel. We have no personal experience of the soldering of Stainless Steel and cannot tell whether it solders really well, though we do know that Stainless knife blades are regularly soldered by cutlers into metal handles. If there is any further information that we can give you, we shall be only too happy to do so. Yours truly, BROWN BAYLEY'S STEEL WORKS, LD [Signature] W.H. Mainprice DIRECTOR [Handwritten note bottom left]: W.A. making enquiries from Firth's. [Stamp]: S.D. 14 NOV 1918 [Stamp]: RECEIVED | ||