Approval of car oils, suggesting carbonisation tests, and consulting Mr. Ricardo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\3\ Scan139 | |
| Date | 30th March 1926 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ) FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} RG. {Mr Rowledge} ) LE CANADEL(Henry Royce's French residence). c. to CJ. BJ. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X1583 R6/M30.3.26. OILS - CARS AND AERO ENGINES. X.1583 X.967 X.2465 X.1588 REGARDING CAR OILS. I have already approved Wakefields XL. as second standard, but preferred Price's as first favourite. I also suggested finding still another, perhaps a different one for England and France. I suggested we ourselves ran a carbonisation test, and that it might be worth our while to ask Mr. Ricardo to test any oils we first thought possible. Would you like me to see him on my return to WW? I can at present only believe in a correctly compounded oil, really for all purposes of lubrication of plain bearings including the Works machines. | ||
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).