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).
Laboratory report on fuel samples from a Fokker D XVII aircraft in Holland.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan196 | |
| Date | 29th August 1933 | |
| COPY To EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} HIA/AG.29.8.33 Laboratory Report No.L2787 Re: Samples of Fuel as used on Fokker D XVII - K.II.S. in Holland Sample in Bottle. (brought over by Osborne) Sample in 2 gallon Can. (Sent direct per F14/JL20733) Specific Gravity 0.771 0.767 Initial Boiling Point 36°C 43°C Final Boiling Point 140.5°C 154°C Total Distillate 98% 97.5% Residue in Flash 1% 1% Loss 1% 1.5% Temperature °C % Distillate 75 11.0 10.0 100 71.0 63.5 125 94.0 91.0 150 97.0 Aromatic Hydrocarbons (by volume) 32% 36% Hl. | ||