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 from Sterns Ltd. detailing the cold test results of Sternol WW oils and their global availability.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\2\ scan0073 | |
| Date | 5th July 1926 | |
| X.2923 M CONTRACTORS TO H.M. GOVT. & TO IRISH FREE STATE, COLONIAL & FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. Telephone: CLERKENWELL 1875. (6 lines). 1875. Telewriter: WALBROOK 584. Telegraphic Address: CENTUMVIR, TELEW, LONDON. Cables: CENTUMVIR LONDON. All communications must be addressed to the Company and not to individuals. [STERNOL LOGO] STERNS LTD., CHAIRMAN: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ATHLUMNEY, D.S.O. REFINERS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, ROYAL LONDON HOUSE, FINSBURY SQUARE, LONDON, E.C.2. Works: MILLWALL, LONDON. Branches: BIRMINGHAM, BELFAST, DUBLIN, GLASGOW, ANTWERP, PARIS, BARCELONA, NEW YORK, PORT ELIZABETH, Etc. Codes: A.B.C. 4th, 5th & 6th EDNS. WESTERN, BENTLEYS, MARCONI, SCOTTS. [STAMP: BUY BRITISH GOODS, AND HELP REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT.] [STAMP: NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN] MOTOR MT. GHR/2/13. 5th July, 1926. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For attention Experimental Dept. Your Ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG. Further to your letter of the 22nd ult. and ours of the 23rd ult., we have pleasure in giving you hereunder particulars of the cold tests of Sternol WW Medium and Sternol WW Heavy:- STERNOL WW MEDIUM Cold Test................10°F STERNOL WW HEAVY Cold Test................18°F These oils are slightly compounded with a special oil which we use in connection with our new voltolising process, the actual percentage being about 3%. The voltolising process referred to materially increases the lubricating efficiency of the oil and the effectiveness of the compounded matter. With reference to your request for a list of places on the Continent and throughout the World where Sternol WW can be obtained, we have pleasure in advising that we have our own Branches or Distributing Agents in the following territories:- Canada Tasmania Malta Australia British West Indies Egypt New Zealand France Persia South Africa Italy, including Trieste. Sczecho Slovakia East Africa Spain Baltic Provinces West Africa Portugal Finland India Austria Japan Fiji Islands Gibraltar In the event of your wishing us to hold stocks at any other places | ||