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).
The testing of two types of aeroplane engine oil in an Eagle engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\2\ scan0005 | |
| Date | 17th September 1917 | |
| To EH. from EFC. EFC5/T17.9.17. X.3182 - LIGHT AEROPLANE ENGINE OIL A.N. AND HEAVY AEROPLANE OIL C.M. BY MESSRS. W.B. DICK, & Co. Ltd, Please note we have received, free of charge, a five gallon drum of each of the above oils from Messrs. Dick's, and they are anxious that we should test these oils in our Eagle engine. Will you kindly arrange to have this done at your convenience. The oils may be had on application at the Stores. We attach letters received from Messrs. Dick and Co., which please return for filing purposes. EFC. | ||