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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).
The superiority of a nickel-copper alloy over a zinc-based alloy for chassis construction.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 38\2\  Scan125
Date  23th December 1920
  
Contd.
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R4/G23.12.20.

absolutely necessary for the performance, reliability, or good wearing qualities of the chassis,

I quite understand that an alloy chiefly of nickel and copper should be superior to one containing a large percentage of zinc and also less subject to corrosion.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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