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 inquiring about materials for exhaust systems, discussing metallization, ethyl gasoline corrosion, and exhaust valves.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\1\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 7th January 1936 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}20/KW. Exptl. Dept. 7th January, 1936. F.R. Banks, Esq., The Ethyl Export Corporation, Thames House, Millbank, London, S.W.1. Dear Banks, Many thanks for your letter of the 6th January. The difficulty about "Metallization" is that you cannot spray it on theinside of bent pipes Do you consider that chromium is immune from Ethyl gasoline corrosion ? What steel would you recommend for exhaust systems that would be reasonably cheap ? Thank you very much for the information about the exhaust valves. We will send the prints to you as soon as possible. Yours sincerely, | ||