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).
Laboratory report detailing the distillation test and chemical analysis of a Shell Aviation Motor Spirit sample.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\1\ Scan099 | |
| Date | 7th April 1923 | |
| H12/GLT7.4.23. Laboratory. C O P Y. Re. Sample tin of Shell Aviation Motor Spirit submitted yesterday. (Your ref: EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/CEP16/EMC6.4.23.) Specific Gravity ----- .737 Boils at ----- 86.0°C First distillate over at ----- 61.5°C. Distillation Test. 90°C ----- 22.5% Distilled over. 100°C ----- 45.0% -do- 110°C ----- 77.5% -do- 120°C ----- 90.0% -do- 130°C ----- 94.0% -do- Analysis. Olefins and Di-olefins ----- 2.8% Aromatic Hydrocarbons ----- 17.6% Paraffins and Cyclo-paraffins ----- 79.6% Hl. | ||