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).
The dispatch of a used gear oil sample from a 25/30 HP car to the Vacuum Oil Company.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\1\ scan0225 | |
| Date | 31th August 1937 | |
| To [redacted] from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 1229 HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}21/BA.31.8.37. Gear Oils. We hand you herewith:- 1 Bottle of oil removed from the rear axle of a 25/30 H.P. car which has been running in France. Will you please arrange to despatch same addressed to, Mr.O.T.Jones. Messrs. Vacuum Oil Company., Claxton House. London S.W.1. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} | ||