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 The Ethyl Export Corporation to test the knock rating of English and French Benzole fuels for Le Mans.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan088 | |
| Date | 6th April 1936 | |
| x262 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KW. 6th April, 1936. F.R. Banks Esq., The Ethyl Export Corporation, Thames House, Millbank, LONDON, S.W.1. Dear Banks, Le Mans. We should be very much indebted to you if you could test a couple of fuels for us. These are an English Benzole and a French Benzole. We understand that the French Benzole has not a very good knock rating. I shall have a sample in a day or two and will send a couple of gallons down to you. Yours sincerely, | ||