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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).
Results of a Brinell hardness test performed on an I/C G.M. cylinder block.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 132\4\  scan0076
Date  1st June 1937
  
COPY
1124
HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}
1.6.37.

G.M. CYLINDER BLOCK
I/C

Brinnel test in nine places on crown.

Brinnel
On No.3. cylinder...........216, 215, 216.
Between No.3. and No.4........199, 203, 224.
On No.4. cylinder...........229, 242, 224.
Our brinell range for I/C cylinder blocks = 202 - 241.

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