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Laboratory report on a sample of 'ESSO' Motor Spirit.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 32\4\  Scan287
Date  22th September 1931
  
COPY. X1588.
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Mr. Hancock.
From H1.
HL2/AG.22.9.31.
Laboratory. Report No. L2228.
RE - SAMPLE OF "ESSO" MOTOR SPIRIT. Submitted 21.9.31.
The quantity was too small for detailed examination.
The following figures were obtained, however :-
Specific Gravity ... 0.757
Aromatics ........ 36%
Alcohol ........... Nil.
Lead ............ Nil.
H1.
  
  
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).


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