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 to Firth Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd. requesting sample sheets of stainless iron for testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 134\5\ scan0130 | |
| Date | 11th May 1939 | |
| 1182 EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}16/JH. 11th May, 1939. Firth Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd., Staybrite Works, SHEFFIELD. For the attention of Mr. C.E. Holmstin. Dear Sirs, In reply to your letter of 21st. April we should be very much obliged if you would send us some sample sheets of your Firth Vickers Stainless Iron standard quality and stainless Iron type F.I.20 (20 % Cr.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} content). For test purposes we should require approx. 12 square feet of each quality in 16 S.W.G. and would like you also to include a quotation for both qualities. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||