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).
Request to obtain 'SS' brake linings in two different Ferodo asbestos materials for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\4\ Scan377 | |
| Date | 4th April 1929 | |
| To ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} X719. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}1/LG4. 4. 29. 'SS{S. Smith}' BRAKE LININGS. X7420 Will you please obtain for us :- 4 complete sets of S. S. Brake Linings - G.77082 front (8 off) G.77083 rear (8 off) in Ferodo ferobestos material (non wire impregnated) - and 4 complete sets in their latest Ferodo bonded asbestos. It will be remembered that we have not tried their improved Ferodo bonded asbestos on the brakes as yet, but have confined its use to clutch linings. We should be glad if you could obtain these linings for us as soon as possible. Promised 14/4/29 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||