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).
Inquiry to The Derby Corporation for the supply of Nichrome wire for electric resistance radiators.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 36\3\ scan 105 | |
| Date | 6th July 1917 | |
| X.3039 Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}/W16/W717. 6th. July 1917. The Derby Corporation, Electricity Dept., LONDON RD., DERBY. Dear Sir, We should be glad to know if you could supply us with some wire of the same composition as that used by you for Electric Resistance Radiators. We believe this is called "Nichrome". We particularly require a length of wire suitable for a voltage of 200, which would when embedded in clay form a fairly close coil, about 2" mean diameter, and will attain a temperature of about 900°C. The length required at present would be about 10 ft. Yours faithfully, | ||