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).
Requesting a comparative analysis of two different gearbox oils.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0198 | |
| Date | 30th October 1931 | |
| Laboratory. Hl. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} X967. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}10/KT.30.10.31 GEARBOX OIL. X.967. X.1583. We are handing to you samples of 'Prices Amber A.{Mr Adams}' and 'Wakefields Castrol XXL' oils. The former is used as standard in our car gearboxes, the latter has been submitted for test as an alternative oil to Prices. Will you please let us have a comparative analysis of these oils as early as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||