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 Ethyl Export Corporation thanking Rolls Royce for octane and engine rating information and discussing a 50-hour test on leaded fuel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan230 | |
| Date | 21th September 1933 | |
| CABLEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT. LONDON. 81-82. TELEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT. CHURTON. ETHYL EXPORT CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware, U. S. A.{Mr Adams} with limited liability. ABFORD HOUSE, VICTORIA LONDON, S.W.1 Telephone: VICTORIA 5 5 2 0 PERSONAL Head Office: 135 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK, U.S.A 21st September, 1933. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. Hives, Esq., Rolls Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}, ..Very many thanks indeed for yours of the 20th September, giving me the information regarding Octane number and engine rating. It is exactly what I require and it is very good of you to have gone to all this trouble. I understand from Fossett that you are running a 50 hours test on 87 Octane fuel with "lead" and I will take the liberty of ringing you on Saturday morning to see if it is convenient for me to come up and have a look at the inside of the engine after test. Kindest regards and again many thanks, Yours sincerely, F.R. Banks. FRB/WMT | ||