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Summary of two consumption tests showing petrol and oil usage.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 169\3\  img031
Date  9th May 1933
  
CONSUMPTION TESTS.
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9.5.33.

5.Per.II.
160 Miles.
10 galls. 2 pts (Petrol)
1 pt. (oil).
3 hrs. 50 mins.
Petrol cons. 15.6 mpg.
Oil cons. 1280 mpg.

3.Per.II.
160 miles.
8 galls 7 pts (Petrol)
1½ pts (oil).
3 hrs. 50 mins.
Petrol cons. 18 mpg.
Oil cons. 853 mpg.

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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).


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