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).
Relative merits and availability of different types of Bakelite products.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\3\ Scan167 | |
| Date | 12th November 1921 | |
| To EY. from EFC. " Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} " Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} X3073 EFC1/T12.11.21. X.3513 - BAKELITE PRODUCTS. With reference to Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}10/NJ11.11.21, we consider that we do not sufficiently well know, up to the present, the relative merits of bakelite with a paper base as compared with fabric base bakelite, e.g. Continental Bakelite, and that for some purposes this material may be an advantage relatively. Therefore it seems doubtful if it is wise to standardise at the moment one material, viz. Continental bakelite. Another point is that up to the present we have seen or heard of no tubes in Continental bakelite and it is possible these are only made in Bakelite micarta. EFC. | ||