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).
Testing and rejection of anglex cork and rubber material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\1\ scan0315 | |
| Date | 20th January 1939 | |
| 1160 To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/FS.{F. Steele} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}11/JH.20.1.39. re your memo. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/FS.{F. Steele}13/P.5.1.39. We have tested the anglex cork and rubber material but find it is not as good as rubber for the job in question. We shall therefore not be proceeding any further with this. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||