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).
Letter from Temple Press Ltd regarding a publication on light metals and a comparative study of alloys.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan120 | |
| Date | 20th June 1939 | |
| 1204 TEMPLE PRESS LTD MANAGING DIRECTOR: ROLAND E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DANGERFIELD DIRECTOR & GENERAL MANAGER: ROBERT ASHWORTH Newspaper Proprietors, Printers & Publishers HEAD OFFICE 5-17, ROSEBERY AVENUE, LONDON, E.C.1. TELEPHONES: TERMINUS 3636 (P.B.EX.) TELEGRAMS: PRESSIMUS, SMITH, LONDON CABLES: PRESSIMUS, LONDON AND AT BIRMINGHAM . COVENTRY . & . MANCHESTER PLEASE REPLY TO – 5-17, ROSEBERY AVENUE, LONDON E.C.1. TP/31/GGH 20th June, 1939 W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Sir, Under separate cover we are forwarding you a copy of the current issue of "Light Metals". This publication we are sure will be of interest and value to you. Not only does it cover every aspect of the aluminium industry from the consumer's point of view, but deals also with the somewhat less familiar field of magnesium alloys, from both a theoretical and practical standpoint. In this last connection we may justly claim to occupy a unique position, as no other journal, British or foreign, exists, devoted equally to both these important alloy groups. On page 231 of the issue you will receive, appears an article (the first of a long series) presenting a comparative study of the fundamentals of design in steel, aluminium and magnesium. No similar work has yet been attempted elsewhere in such detail. The value of these articles is patent; they are intended not only to facilitate the designer's task in substituting magnesium or aluminium for steel, but also to remove many erroneous conceptions regarding the desirability of employing light alloys for important structural work. | ||