Meeting with Summers of Shotton about a new normalised steel sheet with superior ductility.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\1\ scan0152 | |
| Date | 8th April 1929 | |
| To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X1474 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/LG8.4.29. Mr. Summers, a director of Summers of Shotton is bringing a car to shew us tomorrow afternoon the 9th. He tells me he is producing a normalised steel sheet that has xx superior ductility to anything which has been previously manufactured in this country. If there is anything which we are producing which calls for such a sheet, I am sure he would be very pleased to discuss his process with you. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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