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Laboratory report on the percentage of water found in an oil sample after a series of brake application tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 135\3\  scan0100
Date  6th September 1929
  
THE DETROIT TESTING LABORATORY
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Number 5705-A-18
Sample from Taylor Brothers Manufacturing Corporation
Date 9-6-29
Sample of Oil
Customer's Order 2174
D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} T. L. Order 51176
Remarks
Marked: Sample drawn from 1/2" of top surface of oil, after 12 violent brake applications with Float-O application. 350cc of water added to original quantity of oil.
Percentage of water to total sample by weight - 0.651%
Percentage of water to total sample by volume - 0.600%
STAMP: READ READ REC'D SEP 6 1929 ANS'D DATE.
26 sec
THE DETROIT TESTING LABORATORY
By A L Pories
Director Organic Laboratory.
Form 8
  
  
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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