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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).
Continuation of a report discussing tests on alloys with tin, antimony, and manganese for engine use.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 115\1\  scan0148
Date  21th November 1936 guessed
  
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the steel. Consequently, as the result of further test, we came to the conclusion that alloys containing some tin and antimong and manganese gave better results both from the "running in" and shortage of oil conditions.
The stresses involved in engine running were not reproducable in the Laboratory, however, so that minimum hardness etc. could not be estimated satisfactorily.

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