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).
Suggesting weighing a car before and after the application of 'Limpet' Asbestos to determine the added weight.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\1\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 13th March 1933 | |
| LID.{A. J. Lidsey} Please arrange this before car goes X 3910 RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} at W. Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}18/I/13-3-33. "LIMPET" ASBESTOS. We would like to suggest that before you remove the upholstery of the experimental "Perengrine" preparatory to the application of the "Limpet" Asbestos, the car should be carefully weighed and then weighed again after treatment and replacement of the upholstery so that you may know just what weight has been added by the "Limpet" Asbestos. The makers, of course, claim that the increase in weight is trivial, so you will doubtless see that the car on both occasions is weighed most carefully. Probably it ought to be washed and thoroughly dried before being weighed on each occasion. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||