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).
Current prices and usage of various lubricating oils for car and aero engines.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\4\ Scan073 | |
Date | 2nd September 1919 | |
X1588 R.from Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} c.to CD. c.to EH. c.to Na.{Mr Nadin} c.to Mr.Hall (Lab). Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}1/NJ2.9.19. Re Lubricating Oils. Your note R2/G21/8/19. The following are current prices of the various high-class lubricants which we purchase in the ordinary course for use in car engines and aero engines:- Wakefield's 9/3d.per Castrol Oil gallon In 40 gallon barrels Price's 4/11d.per (Used during Motorine B. gallon In 40 gallon barrels (summer months) Price's 4/11d.per (Used during Motorine C. gallon In 40 gallon barrels (winter months) Price's 3/11d.per Battersea gallon In 40 gallon barrels Gear Oil Price's 4/1d.per Amber gallon In 40 gallon barrels Gear Oil Price's Motorine is the only lubricant used for car engines and Wakefield's Castrol is the only lubricant used for aero engines. For the gear boxes and back axles of cars, we employ a mixture of 50% each "Battersea" and Amber Gear Oils. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} | ||