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 the Oil Supply Corporation Ltd. detailing comparative bench test results for PYNOL and PETROL fuels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\1\ Scan077 | |
| Date | 15th May 1923 | |
| X1555 ALL AGREEMENTS ARE CONTINGENT UPON STRIKES, ACCIDENTS, DELAYS AND OTHER CAUSES UNAVOIDABLE OR BEYOND OUR CONTROL. QUOTATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: VERNPYNE, LONDON. TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 8358. OIL SUPPLY CORPORATION LTD. PETROLEUM & ITS BY-PRODUCTS FROM THE WELLS TO THE CONSUMER DIRECTORS: H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} C. PYNE. JOHN MATTHEWS. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} MOORCROFT (NEW YORK) REPRESENTING: IMPORTANT OIL-REFINING AND PIPELINE COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MEXICO FOR FUEL OIL. PETROLEUM RESIDUUMS, GAS OIL, KEROSENE, PARAFFIN WAX & SCALES, LUBRICATING OIL, PETROLEUM JELLY. Head Office: ·54A·PARLIAMENT·STREET· ·WHITEHALL· ·LONDON·S·W·I· ·AND·AT·25·BROADWAY·NEW·YORK· RAW/18 CODES: BENTLEY'S COMPLETE PHRASE A.B.C. 5TH EDITION A.B.C. 6TH EDITION PRIVATE. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. Hives Esq, Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd, Nightingale Road, DERBY. 15th. May 1923. Ref HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}8/LG. Dear Mr. Hives, We are in receipt of your favour of the 14th. inst for which we thank you. We enclose herewith details of the Bench test made with PYNOL and PETROL at the Works of the Associated Equipment Company, Walthamstow. From these figures you will notice that we not only obtained more H.P. but also a decreased rate of consumption per B.H.P per hour. The maximum H.P. obtained with PETROL was 38.26 at a consumption of .765 Pints per B.H.P. per hour as against a H.P. of 40.67 at a consumption of .874 Pints per B.H.P. per hr. with PYNOL. We enclose a set of charts showing the result of a test made by the Beardmore Company in Glasgow on one of their Taxi Cabs. [handwritten over 'Taxi Cabs': Engines] These tests again show an increased power for PYNOL. Also enclosed is a copy of a report made by John Barker Ltd, Kensington in connection with the use of PYNOL on one of their motor vans. | ||