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).
Tests conducted on Bakelite Co's powder grade X 20 - 5 for use in aero H.T. cable insulating sleeves.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\1\ scan0207 | |
| Date | 20th May 1932 | |
| X6011. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. C. to Mr. Brock. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/MA.20. 5. 32. BAKELITE CO's POWDER GRADE X 20 - 5. We have carried out tests on a number of aero H.T. cable insulating sleeves moulded with the above material and attached please find copy of our report which shews this powder, which is cheaper than Novite, to be slightly superior in electrical characteristics to the present standard material used, (Novite). Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||