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).
Letter from Ethyl Export Corporation regarding the testing of Estonian home-produced shale fuel for aviation purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan054 | |
| Date | 20th January 1933 | |
| CABLEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, LONDON. TELEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, CHURTON. X1282 ETHYL EXPORT CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware, U. S. A.{Mr Adams} with limited liability. ABFORD HOUSE, VICTORIA LONDON, S.W.1 Telephone: VICTORIA 5520 PERSONAL. Head Office: 135 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK, U.S.A. 20th January 1933. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. Hives Esq., Aero Engine Dept., Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road DERBY. Dear Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} We have been in communication with the Esthonian Government authorities and they state that they wish to use their home produced fuel, which has a Shale origin, for aviation purposes, since this permits them to be self-supporting in times of national emergency. They want to know whether we could give them the full characteristics of this fuel and told us that they had already sent you about 20 gallons of it for test purposes. They have requested us to get in touch with you and ask if you would be prepared to let us have, say, a gallon of this fuel to do some knock rating tests and chemical analysis etc. If you could do this, we should be very grateful, and you can forward the sample here, freight collect. Naturally, we will also give you the results of these tests. I hope to be able to come up to Derby shortly, but I have been away continuously for a month or so; mostly in Italy and Germany. Incidentally, I saw quite a lot of interesting research work in Germany. All the best Yours ever, F.R.Banks FRB/WNT P.S. Do you think that you & Rq. can give us some O.K. for your engines on "lead" now? R.B. | ||