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).
Laboratory report on a sample of Shell Fuel to D.T.D. Spec. 230.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan246 | |
| Date | 24th November 1933 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Mr. Young. 81282 HL4/AG.24.11.33. Laboratory. Report No.L2874. Re: Sample of Shell Fuel to D.T.D. Spec. 230. Submitted 13.11.33. Specific Gravity - 0.767. Initial Boiling Point - Indefinite. Final " " - 169 C. Residue - 1% Total Distillate - 98.5% Loss - 0.5% Temperature C. % Distillate. 75 6.0 100 52.5 125 81.0 150 92.5 Freezing Point - Below - 70 C. T.E.L.(ccs. per gallon) - 2.71 Existant Gum - Negligible. HC | ||