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).
Suggestion to trial agglomerated cork for water pipe jointings instead of rubber.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\3\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1925 | |
| X.45249 ? HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY18/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 2. 2. 25. It has been suggested that we might try agglomerated cork for our water pipe jointings,;the suggestion came from Paris, where they point out that the rubber insertion we use tends to quickly deteriorate owing to the amount of oil that comes in contact with it. I am rather inclined to think that the agglomerated cork would be a better proposal. If you have not got any sheets, it would be advisable to get some and try it. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||