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Protecting glass from breakage and comparing the hardness of English and French plate-glass.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\E\August1920\  Scan34
Date  10th August 1920
  
Contd. -2- R23/H10.8.20

be tested. It would be nice if we could protect the
glass from risk of breakage, I think, but we can leave that
until we find if it is necessary.

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} suggests hard glass. English plate-glass used
to be considered far harder than French. This we could
enquire into, but get the job moving. It is now hopeful, and
promises well.


R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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).


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