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).
Request for Halo-wax impregnating material for experiments on Peregrine battery ignition condensers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\5\ img053 | |
| Date | 16th August 1932 | |
| X6052 To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.6/KT.16.8.32. "HALO-WAX" IMPREGNATING MATERIAL. Will you please obtain for us as soon as possible, 2 lbs. of the above material, which we require for an experiment in connection with Peregrine battery ignition condensers. We should like the melting point of this Halowax to be at least 150°C. If it is impossible for you to obtain Halowax, we should like a small quantity of ordinary white paraffin wax of the highest melting point obtainable. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||