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).
Order for 500 gallons of 80 Octane fuel from Shell Mex. & B.P. Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan053 | |
| Date | 19th January 1933 | |
| 8128r. To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Yng. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Yng.5/MJ.19.1.33. Will you please arrange to order a further 500 galls. of 80 Octane fuel from Messrs. Shell Mex. & B.P. Ltd. 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. | ||