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Micro-examination report on foreign matter found in a flexible petrol pipe.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 102\1\  scan0340
Date  12th June 1935
  
Micro-Examination Report. M1052.
To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HL3/AG.12.6.35. Laboratory.
FOREIGN MATTER FROM FLEXIBLE PETROL PIPE.
Three photomicrographs have been taken of the specimens examined last Saturday. These are :-
A.1236, X10 } metallic particles, Grit, fibres, partly dissolved rubber, etc.
A.1237, X10 }
A.1238, X10. Sample of rubber showing projecting fibres similar to those in above.
The white lines on the photomicrographs represent intervals of one hundredth of an inch.
The samples are returned herewith enclosed in a test tube.
H1. HC.
Two copies of each of photomicrographs Nos. A1236, A1237, and A.1238 att.
  
  


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