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).
Proposal to incorporate a petrol filter due to contaminants found in fuel dispensed from Bowser tanks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\1\ Scan186 | |
| Date | 1st February 1928 | |
| E.W.R. C. to Ld. London. H.R.P. Derby. C.W.E. London. Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Derby. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Derby. In this country where 90% of the petrol used passes through Bowser tanks, there is so much dirt present as well as moisture that I think we should incorporate some filter which will keep back water such as those fitted with chamois leather or the Zenith type. The low speed jet is extremely susceptible, as you know, to the presence of any foreign matter, no matter how minute. | ||