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).
Letter from Vacuum Oil Company regarding Mobiloil EP and a laboratory report.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\1\ scan0080 | |
| Date | 9th January 1934 | |
| 8588. WE DO NOT HOLD OURSELVES RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM DELAY IN FILLING ORDERS CAUSED BY STORM, STRIKES, FIRE, DIFFERENCES WITH WORKMEN OR ANY CAUSE BEYOND OUR CONTROL. Vacuum Oil Company, Limited Manufacturers and Marketers of High Grade Lubricating Oils and Greases Sole Marketers of Mobiloil - THE WORLD'S QUALITY MOTOR OIL TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS VACUUM, PHONE, LONDON. TELEPHONE WHITEHALL 1010 (10 LINES). WHEN TELEPHONING PLEASE ASK FOR EXTENSION No GARGOYLE REGD TRADE MARK. MANUFACTURING PLANTS, WANDSWORTH, LONDON. WEST FLOAT, BIRKENHEAD. BRANCH OFFICES BELFAST HULL BIRMINGHAM LIVERPOOL BRISTOL MANCHESTER CARDIFF NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE DUBLIN GLASGOW SHEFFIELD VACUUM OIL COMPANY ORGANIZATIONS ABROAD. ADELAIDE LIMA ALEXANDRIA LISBON AMSTERDAM LORENZO MARQUES ATHENS AUCKLAND MADRAS ANGKOK MADRID BARCELONA MANILA BASLE MARSEILLES BATAVIA MELBOURNE BELGRADE MEXICO BERLIN MILAN BOMBAY MOMBASA BOSTON MONTEVIDEO BRISBANE NAPLES BRUSSELS NEW YORK BUCHAREST OSLO BUDAPEST PARIS BUENOS AIRES PERTH CAIRO PHILADELPHIA CALCUTTA PRAGUE CAPE TOWN RANGOON CHICAGO RIGA CHRISTCHURCH RIO DE JANEIRO COLOMBO ROME COPENHAGEN ROTTERDAM CZECHOSLOVAKIA SEVILLE DARWIN SHANGHAI DRESDEN SINGAPORE DURBAN SOERABAYA FRANKFORT STOCKHOLM GENOA SYDNEY GOTHENBURG TANGIERS HAMBURG TOKIO HELSINGFORS VALPARAISO HONG KONG VIENNA ISTANBUL WARSAW JOHANNESBURG WELLINGTON KARACHI YOKOHAMA LAS PALMAS ZAGREB AUTOMOTIVE LUBRICANTS DEPARTMENT. CAXTON HOUSE, WESTMINSTER, LONDON. S.W.1. 9th Jan.1934. IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO B.1/ENG. Messrs.Rolls Royce Ltd. Experimental Dept. DERBY. Dear Sirs, For attention of E.W.Hives,Esq. We thank you for your letter reference Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/MJ of 2nd.January which has been noted by Mr.Russell Sharp. We are passing copy of your laboratory report along to our Chief Chemist for any comment that he may think would be helpful. In the meantime, we would say that we find the report of great interest but in view of the extensive use and approval of Mobiloil EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} by the leading axle manufacturers in the U.S.A., where the oil was first introduced owing to the wider use of hypoid gears, we think there are other factors of much greater importance such as the use of boiled oil as a medium for treating castings. One would naturally expect to produce effects as reported in a laboratory test by the use of any make of EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}lubricant such as used in hypoid axles, because the essential features of such lubricants are either the addition of a percentage of sulphur or chlorine, or both in an added form and not merely as a constituent part of the mineral oil employed in the manufacture of the lubricant. We understand that to some extent you experienced similar deposits in the Bentley gearbox when using Mobiloil "D", but in this case the oil Offices and Depots in every country in the World (Russia excepted) Mobiloil AND THE WORLD-WIDE ORGANIZATION OF THE VACUUM OIL COMPANY ARE ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE | ||