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 to Mr. Massey regarding the results of a gearbox dynamometer test using RR EP oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0139 | |
| Date | 5th March 1937 | |
| 1231 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}3/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 5th March, 1937. R.J.W. Massey, Esq., 10, Middleton Crescent, Beeston, NOTTS: Dear Mr. Massey, We finished this morning the gearbox dynamometer test using some of the last 15 gallons of RR. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} oil. This oil is very different from the five gallon sample you supplied some time ago. It has a very strong smell resembling Winter Green. After the test, all the shafts and gears in the box were coated a dull red. Will you please let us know if all this is in order. Yours sincerely, | ||