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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 to G.W. Todd of Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd. regarding grease nomenclatures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 145\3\  scan0307
Date  3rd November 1938
  
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Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}13/MH.{M. Huckerby}

3rd. November 1938.

G.W.Todd, Esq.,
Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd.,
Shell-Mex House,
Victoria Embankment,
LONDON, W.C.2.

Dear Mr. Todd,

In answer to your letter of 2nd. November, none of the Oil Companies have shown any intention whatever of revising their grease nomenclatures. They all seem to think that their trade names are the best part of the grease.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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