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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 to F.R. Banks regarding testing chromium plating on exhaust valves and cylinder bores.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 150\1\  scan0059
Date  5th November 1935
  
X1282

Exptl. Dept.

HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/KWt

5th November,1935.

F.R. Banks, Esq.,
The Ethyl Export Corporation,
Thames House,
Millbank,
London, S.W.1.

Dear Banks,

Thank you for your letter of the 30th October regarding the chromium plating of exhaust valves and cylinder bores.

We are arranging to try out a cylinder block that has been chromium plated, and will let you know the results of our test.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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