Query regarding the detonation properties of Anglo-Persian BP petrol compared to Shell and possible remedies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\6\ Scan092 | |
| Date | 9th November 1926 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} X. 985 R6/M9.11.26. RE. ANGLO-PERSIAN BP. PETROL. We are interested in this because it is a British Co., but I understand their standard spirit is more prone to detonate than say Shell. Is this so? Can it be cured by adding some other kind (blending), or by dope - salts of lead, etc. My friend is interested as a shareholder, and well known to the directors. Can you let me have a report of your experience, and the usual cure. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).