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).
Inquiry to The Gabriel Manufacturing Co. about producing custom aluminium tubing braided with phosphor bronze wire.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168b\2\ img293 | |
| Date | 26th March 1936 | |
| 86148. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/JH. 26th March, 1936. The Gabriel Manufacturing Co., Columbia Avenue, Edgware, Middlesex. Dear Sirs, We thank you for the samples of Titeflex tubing which we have received. Can you produce to order tubing made in aluminium instead of brass? What we require is a tubing made in aluminium (to reduce weight) and braided with a single braid of Phosphor bronze wire, the dimensions of the tube being .437" outside diameter and .281" inside diameter approximately. If we have to use your standard 5/16" bore tubing it will entail alterations elsewhere which we are particularly anxious to avoid. Will you please advise. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||