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).
Order for two types of high-octane fuel from the Anglo American Oil Co. Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan156 | |
| Date | 14th July 1933 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lov.{Mr Lovesey} 81-82. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lov.{Mr Lovesey}2/MJ.14.7.33. Will you please order for us from The Anglo American Oil Co. Ltd., 500 galls. of each of the following fuels :- (1) The new replacement fuel to DTD.134, which is to give an octane value of 78 without the use of lead. (2) The new A.M. high octane value fuel which gives a knock rating of 87 octane with the use of T.E.L. Both these knock ratings being obtained on the C.F.R. engine operating at 900 R.P.M. with 212°F.{Mr Friese} jacket temperature and 260°F.{Mr Friese} mixture temperature. We attach herewith copy of our letter ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lov.{Mr Lovesey}3/MJ. 13.7.33 sent to Mr. Paul of the Anglo American Oil Co., on this subject. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.C.Lovesey. | ||