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).
'Limpet' asbestos treatment for a car body to reduce booming, and the suspension of silencers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\1\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 27th February 1933 | |
| X3910 W/S. To Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}4/KT.27.2.33. BOOM PERIODS - "LIMPET" ASBESTOS TREATMENT. We thank you for your Ho4/I/25.2.33. With regard to another expl. body to be treated by the spraying process, we are proposing to send Per.III body, which is at present running in France, to Leeds after its return to England, and let them carry out their work there. This will be particularly interesting as we have already got a value for the car in its existing condition, though its tendency to boom will undoubtedly have partially disappeared at the conclusion of its road running. With regard to the suspension of silencers by means of rubber, we will certainly take the opportunity of looking at the Buick next time we are in London. I hope to get up to try 20.MY on Wednesday next. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||