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).
Sample of a Hispano cylinder made from a nitrided alloy obtained from France for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\1\ scan0127 | |
| Date | 31th December 1928 | |
| H1. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} YU469 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG31.12.28. NITRD ALLOYS. 4219 Herewith sample section of Hispano cylinder which we have obtained from France which has been produced and treated in this alloy. We think you might be interested to carry out tests with this to see how the procedure compares with that you have obtained. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||