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).
Properties of fusible metals, including Cerebend, for the creation of a mascot for the Myth Model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\2\ scan0120 | |
| Date | 23th January 1941 | |
| 704 To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG. from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/ Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/JH.23.1.41. re Mascot for Myth Model. 1020 We have ordered a pound of the low fusion metal of which you told us called "Cerebend". Apparently it is a type of Wood's Metal and is a bismuth alloy : Roscoe & Schorlemmer, on "Metals" says Fusible Metals. Proportion of contents. | | Newton's Metal. | Roses Metal. | Lichtenbrg's Metal. | Wood's Metal. | Lipowitz. | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Bismuth | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | | Lead | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | | Tin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | Cadimun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | | Melting Point C | 94.5° | 93.75° | 91.6° | 71° | 60°. | "Fusible metal is now largely used for stereotyping, obtaining copies of wood-cuts etc. and is not only valuable on account of its low melting point, but because it expands considerably in the act of solidification and thus gives a perfect cast, it is important to make the cast when the metal is so far cooled that it is beginning to be viscid". We have completed the model of the mascot (¼ scale) in wax, and have made several test specimens Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||