Laboratory analysis report for a sample of Anglo-American Petroleum Spirit, detailing distillation results and chemical composition.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\1\ Scan098 | |
| Date | 17th December 1923 | |
| Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rey H14/EA17.12.23 Laboratory Re Sample of Anglo-American Petroleum Spirit Distillation :- Specific Gravity .730 Boils at 58°C First Distillate over at 67°C Temperature °C % Distillate 80 13.0 90 30.0 100 48.0 110 65.0 120 75.5 130 85.5 140 91.0 Volatile Hydro-carbons ---- 3.0 % Analysis Olefines & Di-olefines ---- 1.6 % Aromatic Hydro-carbons ---- 16.4 % Paraffins & Cyclo-paraffins ---- 82.0 % Hl. HE. | ||
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).