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Three graphs comparing braking performance curves for a 14 HP Sports Delage, a 12-25 HP Vermorel, and an 11-24 Lagonda.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 32\2\  Scan069
Date  23th March 1925
  
Graph A:
A. {Mr Adams} The Motor 3/2/25
ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
TIME TO REST SECS
TIMES WHICH WOULD CORRESPOND WITH DISTANCES GIVEN
14 H.P. SPORTS DELAGE
BRAKING CURVE
ROAD - TARRED CONCRETE DRY
Data points: 26 Ft, 42 Ft, 78 Ft, 130 Ft, 156 Ft

Graph B:
B. The Motor 17/2/25
ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
TIME TO REST SECS
VERMOREL
12-25 H.P
DRY CONCRETE
Data points: 4 FT 3", 12 FT 6", 29 FT, 75 FT, 127 FT

Graph C:
C. The Motor 3/2/25
ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
TIME TO REST SECS
TIMES WHICH WOULD CORRESPOND WITH DISTANCES GIVEN
LAGONDA 11-24
BRAKING CURVE
ROAD DRY TAR
Data points: 8 Ft, 30 Ft, 70 Ft, 110 Ft

Bottom Right Corner:
23/3/25
6 G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Hesketh
  
  
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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