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).
Petrol supply failure caused by fluff found in fuel from Shell-Mex.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\4\ Scan046 | |
| Date | 2nd June 1927 | |
| S/W. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X976 CWBA/GM/2-6-27. FAILURE OF PETROL SUPPLY. FLUFF IN PETROL. I enclose letter received from Messrs. Shell-Mex, to whom I have given the microscope slide of the fluff found in their petrol which you sent to me regarding this matter. It would not seem possible to take it up any further with them. CWB. [STAMPED] RECEIVED Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} JUN 2 1927 | ||