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).
Inspection and flow test report for radiator tubes after six months of use with ethylene glycol.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\3\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 25th February 1930 | |
| file - Ethylene Glycol. X1435. 20 Ex RAD ARRGt E77675. TUBES 7x5 1/2" H/M - E79320/1. AFTER USING ETHYLENE GLYCOL FOR APPROX 6 MONTHS. WHEN INSPECTED, THE TUBES - AS FAR AS COULD BE SEEN FROM THE TOP WITH AN INSPECTION LAMP - WERE QUITE CLEAR. WHEN TESTED ON THE PRODUCTION TEST RIG 60 GALLS PASSED THRO' IN 1 MIN 44 SECS. THE FIRST RUSH OF WATER WAS DISCOLOURED BUT THIS SOON CLEARED AND CAME THROUGH QUITE CLEAN. | ||