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 the analysis of an unknown fuel sample.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan091 | |
| Date | 30th March 1933 | |
| RECEIVED 29 MAR 1933 To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Mr. Orme. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X1282 HL1/AG.30.3.33. Laboratory. Report No. L2664. RE - SAMPLE OF UNKNOWN FUEL. SUBMITTED 28.3.33. Specific Gravity 0.794. Initial Boiling Point = Indefinite. Final " = 176°C. Total Distillate. = 97.5% Residue in Flash. = 1.0% Loss. = 1.5% Temperature °C. % Distillate. 60 - 3.0 75 - 12.0 100 - 58.0 125 - 85.0 150 - 92.5 175 - 97.0 Aromatic Hydrocarbons - 56% by volume. Hl. HE. | ||