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 Alexander Duckham & Co. Ltd. inquiring about their range of oils.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\3\ scan0182 | |
| Date | 11th May 1938 | |
| 1235 c. NW.{N. Walker - Patents} Experimental Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}4/MH.{M. Huckerby} 11th. May 1938. Messrs.Alexander Duckham & Co. Ltd., Duckham House, 16 & 18 Cannon Street, LONDON, E.C.4. Dear Sirs, Your letter of May 9th. has been passed on to our Engineering Dept., and we would like to ask whether "Adcol" oils still exist or whether they have been super-seded by "Adcoidised" oils, and if so what alteration has been made. We note you tell us which are your SAE.40 and SAE.30 oils, will you let us know whether you still make SAE.20 oil called N.P.X. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||