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).
The refusal of an oil supplier, Prices, to provide a specification for their lubricant.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 17th March 1926 | |
| To ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Y967 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG17.3.26 & PRICES LUBRICANTS. With reference to the letter we have received from Messrs. Price dated the 15th.inst. In view of the fact that Prices choose not to provide us with a specification of their oil, we accept our Chemists report and if the analysis does not agree with theirs, we should say it is the quality of their oil which varies. At the moment we are considering standardising an alternative oil to Prices. In our opinion we think it is very undesirable that we should be recommending one oil of which the suppliers refuse to let us have a specification. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||