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 the Anglo-American Oil Company regarding an enquiry for non-inflammable high octane aviation fuel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan123 | |
| Date | 23th May 1933 | |
| FORM No 220. 81282 Anglo-American Oil Company Limited 36, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster. London, S.W.1 23rd May, 1933. TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 6325 (20 LINES) TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: ADOPTION - PARL - LONDON. PLEASE QUOTE Ref DSP/CSV SUBJECT. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. A.{Mr Adams} J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Rowledge. We have been informed by our Associates in America that you have made an enquiry concerning non-inflammable Aviation Fuel of high Octane Number. We do not hold stocks of this new material in this Country, but expect to obtain some experimentally. If you will give us a note of your requirements for test purposes we shall be pleased to arrange for supplies to be sent over immediately. Yours faithfully, ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL COMPANY, Ltd. Manager, Technical Department. Handwritten notes: Octane value Say 100 galls ? Price VICTOR | ||