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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).
Laboratory analysis of 'Very good American Spring No. 2', detailing its chemical composition and Brinell hardness.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 54\3\  Scan037
Date  7th September 1921
  
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
Laboratory.
H12/GLT/7.9.21.

Re. Very good American Spring No. 2.

Analysis:-

Carbon. 0.44%
Manganese. 0.72%
Nickel. Nil.
Chromium. Nil.
Silicon. 1.83%
Sulphur. 0.030%
Phosphorus. 0.018%

The brinell varies between 385 and 415.

Hl.

C O P Y.

R.R. 235a 1000 Ty (S.H. 19a 10-12-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 3948
  
  


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