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).
Expediting tests on 'Price's Compound' lubricant as a cheaper alternative for back axles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0194 | |
| Date | 10th March 1931 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to HI. c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 967 ROY{Sir Henry Royce}6/MG10.3.31 Price's Compound I do not know if anything further could be done to expedite our tests with the Lubricants put forward by Messrs. Price some time ago as suitable for our Back Axles, in place of the present imported American Compound, i.e. Whitmore No.O, for which we are paying such an excessive price. The matter has been brought to a head again by a communication from Madrid - copy attached. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} RECEIVED 11 MAR 1931 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ENCLOSURE Nº 422 "JUSTSO" ENCLOSURE. Copy of letter Ba3/L27.2.31 | ||