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Blueprint containing two graphs showing practical braking figures obtained with a three-pen chronograph.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 178\1\  img077
Date  12th October 1925 guessed
  
PRACTICAL BRAKING FIGURES OBTAINED WITH
THREE PEN CHRONOGRAPH.

Graph A:
Y-Axis: ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
X-Axis: DISTANCE TO REST. FEET.
Boxed Text: OPEN TOURING CAR BRAKING. DISTANCE TO REST. 40% BRAKING ON FRONT. REAR WHEELS ON POINT OF LOCKING. SURFACE DRY MACADAM.

RETARDATIONS CALCULATED FROM GRAPH 'A'.

Graph B:
B.
Y-Axis: RETARDATION FT/SEC²
X-Axis: ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
Boxed Text: RETARDATIONS OBTAINED AT VARIOUS ROAD SPEEDS. MAX. VARIATION EXPERIENCED DURING TESTS INDICATED. FULL LINE REPRESENTS MEAN RETARDATION. SURFACE DRY MACADAM.
  
  
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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