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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).
Clarifying a fuel order correction for a racing entry, specifying lead-free benzole.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 27a\4\  Scan328
Date  31th July 1934
  
Roy{Sir Henry Royce}:

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Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/KW.31.7.34.

We understand from the Shell-Mex people that our Order No. 67898 for 50 gallons of mixture was put in for Ethyl Benzole. Actually this should be Shell No. 1 Benzole, as we are not using lead on this racing entry.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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