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).
Provision of a Simms petrol gauge for use with French Octroi tax regulations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\2\ scan0151 | |
| Date | 28th June 1920 | |
| X.4159 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to Sn.{Mr Sanderson} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} R.F.C. COPY. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}7/CB28.6.20. PETROL TANK. X.4159. RE GAUGE ON TANK SHEWING AMOUNT OF PETROL PRESENT. Replying to your BY2/P28.6.20 we will go into the question of providing a Simms gauge which will read the quantity of petrol as accurately as this kind of gauge can. We certainly have never received any intimation that it was proposed to use this gauge for "Octroi" purposes, or that the request had first come from France. Would SN{Mr Sanderson} see if he can get us a copy of the regulatims say of the Octroi de Paris. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||