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 test 'Formapex' insulating material as a potential alternative to 'Bakerlaque'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\1\ scan0225 | |
| Date | 5th February 1935 | |
| [Handwritten top right] 16110 [Handwritten top left] R.S Please compare with std. material [Handwritten] WST [with an arrow pointing towards the main text] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. BY/RD7/W.5.2.35. INSULATING MATERIALS. I am handing to you herewith two samples of :- "Formapex", Qualities CP. [Handwritten above: BRIGHT] and CS. [Handwritten: Dull] This is an alternative material to Bakerlaque now used. Will you please have this tested and let us know if it is as good as Bakerlaque for use on Production. BY/RD. | ||