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).
Potential use of an untarnishable metal called 'Silveroid' for body fittings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\1\ scan0226 | |
| Date | 29th October 1930 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} X4442 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/M29.10.30. Copy to - SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to - HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} "SILVEROID" We have just come across this untarnishable metal in connection with body fittings, and wondered whether it would interest you. Perhaps you have already seen it. We note that Crossley's have used it for radiators. The sample is in the pocket at the back of the folder. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||