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).
The difficulty in obtaining genuine Magnalium metal.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 36\3\ scan 039 | |
| Date | 14th May 1917 | |
| AC 2.57 To EFC. from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X.3031 RE MAGNALIUM METAL. 14th May, 1917. BY1/G14517. With reference to your memo EFC2/T11517, we give you below copy of memo we have received from Mr. Nadin, in connection with the above:- "I have been unable to obtain any real magnalium. I bought some about 9 months ago., but we found its specific gravity was about 2.9. It was not like the original metal, and was an odd lot which some merchant had in stock". BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||