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Test report on oil and petrol consumption for unit C-16 during a road test to Oxford and back.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0067
Date  3rd July 1936
  
To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

XG20

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /WB. {Mr Brazier / Mr Bell} 7/KW.3.7.36.

Oil Consumption - 21-G-IV.

Unit C-16. { 'D' type 32.2 sq." lbs. scraper rings fitted to pistons; otherwise standard.

Oxford and return.

Oil used 4.25 pts.
Average air temp. 17°C.
Miles run 191.
" oil " 71°C.
Average speed 43.3 M.P.H.
" water " 80°C.
Oil consumptions 361 m.p.h.
" oil press. 27 sq." lbs
Petrol consumption 12.9 M.P.G.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /W. Brazier.
  
  
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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