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).
Clarifying the material specification for Japan III and Peregrine brake drums.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\1\ scan0072 | |
| Date | 8th January 1932 | |
| Ms. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. BY/TWD{T. W. D???Aeith} X4612. BY.13/G.8.1.32. JAPAN 111 AND PEREGRINE BRAKE DRUMS. -------------------------------- Please note that we should make these in high chromium cast iron. This particular type of material is used by Messrs. Lake & Elliott - the drawings show .6 carbon steel. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||