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 an order for a 50-gallon drum of Cleveland 'Discol' spirit for testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan336 | |
| Date | 13th October 1934 | |
| To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}: X1282 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/7/KW.13.10.34. Will you please order from the Cleveland Petroleum Products Co., Central House, Upper Woburn Place, W.C.1., a 50-gallon drum of their Cleveland "Discol" spirit. They have been asking us to test this for some time. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||