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).
Departmental memo discussing the selection of suitable oils for Russia, requesting experiment graphs and proposing customer information cards.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\4\ scan0158 | |
| Date | 15th January 1915 | |
| AUTOMOBILES ROLLS-ROYCE (FRANCE) LIMITED TELEGRAMS: ROLLSROYCE, PETROGRADE. ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PETERSBURG PETROGRADE. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO Names and Indicating letter Initial of person addressed DATE RE SUITABLE OILS FOR RUSSIA CONTD Ax Mr ALEXEIEFF Ba Mr BARNES B Mr BEREND Cn{Mr Chamberain} Mr CHAMBERLAIN C Mr COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr COX D Mr DELOOZE Eu EUROPE F Mr FRIESE J Mr. JOHNSON Js{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr JOHNSON'S SECRETARY M Mr MACKINTOSH Na{Mr Nadin} Mr NADIN Ny Mr NORTHEY Rit Mr RITTER R Mr ROYCE Ry Mr ROY{Sir Henry Royce} LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} Lord HERBERT SCOTT Sa Mr SALAMANCA Ws Mr WALLIS Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr WORMALD WOR{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} WP/1115 S.N. 15 JAN 1915 RECEIVED (5) If possible and you have them at Derby, please send me some plotted Graphs of experiments carried out by youon our cars with the oils we reccommend if you have not such things: as these perhaps Prices oil people have graphs of Tempertures against Density and against Lubrication against Tempertures etc. All this ina nutshell, What special qualities do you want our oils to embody? The same applies to the Gear oil. When we have decided upon the best oils to recommend for our cars I will send you the results of our Experiments and after you have agreed with us I want to have some cards printed with the idea of sending one to each of our customers to hang up in the garage for permanent observation. WNP. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||