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).
Need to update the 25/30 HP instruction book regarding the type of anti-freeze mixture.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\3\ scan0138 | |
| Date | 1st December 1937 | |
| N.R.C. Arrange with N.W. for necessary modification to the instruction books Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} . 1164 S-W. NRC.{N. R. Chandler} from H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} H18/RH.{R. Hollingworth}1.12.37. re Di-Ethylene Glycol for Anti-Freeze Mixture. A customer with a 25/30 H.P. recently reported that he had had difficulty in obtaining what we recommend in the Instruction Book to make up an anti-freeze mixture for his radiator. His difficulty was that it was not commonly known on the market. C. has no objection to an appropriate paragraph being inserted in the Instruction Book stating that Di-Ethylene Glycol can be obtained in suitable quantities from the Company. On referring to the two current Instruction Books we note that, following on a suggestion we made a year or 18 months ago, you abandoned the use of the word "Trimethylene" in the Phantom III Book in favour of "Di-Ethylene" but have not made a similar correction in the 25/30 H.P. Book. P III XI says "di-ethylene glycol, ethylene glycol - H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} | ||