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).
Declining the adoption of the A.C. Petrol Pump after testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\2\ Scan025 | |
| Date | 29th April 1929 | |
| To ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X2677 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG29.4.29. With reference to ROY{Sir Henry Royce}12/MG26.4.29. We have already tested the A.C.Petrol Pump. We have no further interest in it as there is no possibility of us adopting a pump of this type. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||