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).
Internal request to order 1000 gallons of 80 Octane fuel from Shell Mex & B.P. Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan084 | |
| Date | 9th March 1933 | |
| X128r. To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Yng. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Yng.1/MJ.9.3.33. Will you please order for us from Messrs. Shell Mex & B.P. Ltd., a further 1000 galls of 80 Octane Fuel. Please ask them to mark their barrels exactly the same as for their last supply of this fuel. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/H.R.Young. [Signature] | ||