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).
Page discussing the progress and future developments in the field of electrical insulating materials.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\2\ Scan112 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1921 guessed | |
| - 25 - of research and only seemed to have a low appreciation of the tremendous value that chemistry might have in progress in this direction. The conditions have changed considerably since then, but nevertheless more progress has been made in many directions not nearly so important technically and economically as in the investigation of the dielectrics which are at the disposal of electrical engineers and have a great influence on their designs and the dimensions and outputs of their machinery. The manufacture of electric insulators with its 10,000 to 12,000 workmen, has developed into an arable land, which, although it was open and cleared of obstacles, rocks and stones, was only for the most part ready for methodical ploughing to begin. The remarks of Recklinghausen just referred to are still noteworthy in this respect that even 14 years ago he pointed out the necessity of the discovery and production of fire-proof and heat resisting insulating materials and formulated a demand for materials better able to resist chemical action. These requirements coincide with the efforts of the Committee on Insulating Materials of the Institution of German Electrical Engineers. It is to be expected that considerable changes and improvements are shortly impending in the field of insulating materials. | ||