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 C. C. Wakefield & Co. regarding the history of mineral lubricating oils.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\3\ Scan053 | |
| Date | 16th November 1920 | |
| No. 2. C. C. WAKEFIELD & Co., 16th November 1920. The first mineral oil well was only bored in 1859, and it was some years later that mineral lubricating oils came on to the market, and only comparatively recently that Western oils were introduced. Yours faithfully, C. C. WAKEFIELD & CO., LIMITED. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} A.{Mr Adams} Evans. Chemist. | ||