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).
Provision of one gallon of Wakefields Extreme Pressure Lubricant for testing on a new Phantom II axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0017 | |
| Date | 1st November 1933 | |
| X1543 To Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}4/KT.1.11.33. HYPOID AXLE OIL. We are handing you herewith one gallon of Wakefields Extreme Pressure Lubricant for hypoid gears. Will you please arrange to have a Phantom II new axle filled with this and tested on the dynamometer. It is of course important, from the point of view of obtaining results from the test, that no other oil is mixed with this. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||