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).
Request to order a 5-gallon drum of Wakefield's Castrol 'XXL' oil for experimental testing as a substitute for another gear oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 15th March 1932 | |
| Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} γ 1583. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}3/MA.15. 3. 32. Will you please order a 5 gall drum of Wakefields Castrol 'XXL' oil, for trying out experimentally as a substitute for Prices Amber 'A' gear oil. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.J.Lidsey. | ||