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).
Testing Ethylene Glycol for radiator corrosion and obtaining a supply of Prestone.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\3\ scan0144 | |
| Date | 13th March 1930 | |
| x 1435 S/W. (Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) H8/LH{Mr Haworth}13.3.30. Re: Radiator Corrosion - Use of Ethylene Glycol. ------------ With reference to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/MJ8.3.30. addressed to C.C. has asked me to enquire whether you wish to send whichever Trials car is selected for experiment with Ethylene Glycol to Cricklewood before it is started, in order perhaps that the radiator may be washed out beforehand. It would seem that this might make the test more valuable, as an examination of the radiator later on, we presume, will show better the effect of the addition of the substance to the water. We are meanwhile obtaining a couple of gallons of Prestone from the firm you mention. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} | ||