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Power consumption curves for a 'Fort' Dunlop Silent Cover tyre at various speeds and pressures.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 45\2\  Scan223
Date  24th January 1930
  
POWER CONSUMPTION CURVES FOR
"FORT" DUNLOP SILENT COVER
7.00 - 21

Top Left Graph:
500 R.P.M.
POWER CONSUMPTION H.P.
Line Labels: 30 lbs/sq", 35, 40

Top Right Graph:
600 R.P.M.
POWER CONSUMPTION H.P.
Line Labels: 30 lbs/sq", 35, 40

Bottom Left Graph:
700 R.P.M.
POWER CONSUMPTION H.P.
Line Labels: 30 lbs/sq", 35, 40

Bottom Right Graph:
800 R.P.M.
POWER CONSUMPTION H.P.
Line Labels: 30 lbs/sq", 35, 40

X-Axis (bottom of all graphs):
LOAD LBS. PER TYRE.
X-Axis Values: 1200, 1400, 1600

Bottom left stamp:
DERWENT
831H32

Bottom Right Text:
E.S.D. 24.1.30.

Bottom Right Mirrored Text:
INFORMATION GIVEN ON THIS PRINT IS CONFIDENTIAL
  
  
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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