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From R. to C.J. regarding car performance and fuel mixtures, specifically a proposed mix of petrol and lamp oil.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\F\February1921\  Scan40
Date  2nd February 1921
  
To C.J. from R. {Sir Henry Royce}

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R12/G15/2/21 Contd.

me, but I found it definitely less expensive, and ran my car more perfectly than anything else, i.e. starting good, no detonations, m.p.g. good, distribution good. Now I must, (as soon as we have made the modifications), try to use a mixture of petrol and lamp oil so as to be like the Americans.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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).


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