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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).
Photomicrograph comparison of foreign matter passed through a Standard Gauze versus a Zenith filter.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 135\2\  scan0092
Date  5th April 1923
  
N.B. The % of fluff is the only point to be noted. The grit passing the Zenith filter is so fine that it coagulates into lumps.

Left Card:
R R 403 (S H) (S H 839, 31-12-20) G 2964
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. LABORATORY.
PHOTOMICROGRAPH No. A517.
MAGNIFICATION: 10 DIAMETERS.
COMPARATIVE RESULTS OBTAINED BY PASSING THE SAME MIXTURE THROUGH STANDARD GAUZE AND THEN 'ZENITH' FILTER.
C.
SHEWING % OF FLUFF IN FOREIGN MATTER PASSING STD: GAUZE.

Right Card:
R.R. 403 5 H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} (S.K. 724, 5-4-23) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 3239.
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. LABORATORY.
PHOTOMICROGRAPH No. A516.
MAGNIFICATION: 10 DIAMETERS.
COMPARATIVE RESULTS ETC:
D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
SHEWING. % OF. FLUFF. IN. FOREIGN. MATTER. PASSING. ZENITH. FILTER.
  
  


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