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).
Letter from the Automobile Research Committee regarding friction tests on Thermoid lining specimens.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\2\ scan0255 | |
| Date | 6th February 1939 | |
| 1029 1181 The Institution of Automobile Engineers. Great West Road, Brentford, Middx. TELEPHONE: EALING 4741/2. TELEGRAMS: EALING 4741. CGW/BT.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH COMMITTEE. 6th February, 1939. A.F. Martindale Esq., Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Mr. Martindale, I thank you for your letter of the 4th instant and, as discussed on the occasion of your visit here, we will consider the possibility and desirability of our undertaking friction tests under fluctuating temperature conditions. In the meantime, we wish to thank you for the specimens of Thermoid D.35.IH lining which we will include in our tests. Yours sincerely, C G Williams Director of Research. | ||