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Instruction memo regarding the filling of Spectre coils with 'Seekay' wax at a specific temperature.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 164\5\  img233
Date  12th August 1935
  
46017.

By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
c. to Sft {Mr Swift} /Mr.Brock.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.2/MA.12.8.35.

SPECTRE(Codename for Phantom III) COILS.

Will you please arrange for all the new Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) coils to be filled with "Seekay" wax grade R.123. The coils should be rased to 125ºC. before filling to avoid subsequent expansion causing the wax to overflow.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
  
  
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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