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).
Instructions detailing the specific grades and dimensions of Bakelite materials for various components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\3\ Scan111 | |
| Date | 6th November 1918 | |
| RR 238 (300 Bks.) (SF 152. 6-11-18.) MP 197880 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. INSTRUCTIONS. To Order No Customer's No. 2 ① Bakelite-dilecto, grade XX. 1/16" thick, for terminal plates washers &c. or, Bakelite-dilect, micarta, with paper base. ② Bakelite-dilecto, grade A, 1/16" thick, for washers &c. ③ Continental bakelite, 1/8" thick, for main switch mounting plate &c. It will be necessary to cut bushes from rod in the Experimental Dept., as suppliers are unlikely to have tubes in stock, of the correct dimensions The above materials are supplied by The Continental Fibre Co of New York. (Contd) Signed This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||