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 fire risk and proper handling of metal turnings and filings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\4\ scan0128 | |
| Date | 22th April 1926 guessed | |
| if the precautions indicated are made a matter of routine, there is no more risk of fire than in wood working departments, and, in addition, clean dry turnings will be recovered, for which we can always offer a fair price. Turnings contaminated with other metals, dirt, etc. or oxidised through damp, and careless storage, are worthless. It is only the finely divided metal, such as filings, turnings, etc. which can be ignited by ordinary means, and there is no possibility whatever of the solid metal in the form of bars, castings, etc. becoming ignited under any condition prevailing in the machine shop. [Faint watermark text] LION BOND 1804 MADE AT CROXLEY | ||