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Graph comparing throttle governor performance for the 40/50 model with three different camshaft schemes.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66a\3\  scan0075
Date  29th April 1925 guessed
  
X8140
ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
NOTCHES MOVEMENT. HAND CONTROL
40/50
ROLLER CAM & BALL BEARING CAMSHAFT
ROLLER CAM
ORIGINAL SLIDING CAM
COMPARISON OF THROTTLE GOVERNOR PERFORMANCE
40/50 & THREE E.A.C. SCHEMES
TEST CONDUCTED BY ADVANCING HAND CONTROL NOTCH BY NOTCH UP TO A GIVEN SPEED & THEN RETARDING IT IN THE SAME MANNER.
  
  
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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