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 test Regent Super Petrol from Trinidad due to its claimed high anti-knock value.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan333 | |
| Date | 9th October 1934 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Mr. c. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/GEA. 17/VR.{E. S. Voller - Orders} 9.10.34. Attached, is copy of letter received from Messrs. Trinidad Leaseholds, Limited, concerning their Regent Super Petrol, which, they claim, possesses a very high anti-knock value. The Company is British and the Petrol itself comes from Trinidad (British West Indies). Would you care to carry out tests with a sample barrel ? Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} ENCLOSURE Nº 89 "JUSTSO" | ||