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).
Substitution of fibre washers with soft aluminium washers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66a\3\ scan0182 | |
| Date | 1st March 1926 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X8180 E2/MS.3.26. RE. USE OF ALUMINIUM WASHER IN PLACE OF FIBRE. X.3855 X.8180 X.8180 In reply to your memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/LG5.3.26., concerning BY3/H3.3.26., I am sorry but I do not recollect anything in connection with a point being raised by BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} concerning these washers. As a matter of fact we are recommending the use of soft aluminium washers in connection with the revised spherical unions, and we should consider they were equally suitable for the drain pipe union in question. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||