List of gear required for a radiator test rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 1st October 1935 | |
| x1209 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.19/KW.1.10.35. List of Gear required for Radiator Test Rig. (1) Combined fan and electric motor (constant speed) bought out - approx. 60 HP. or 'R' supercharger and 150 HP. electric motor - bought out (constant speed). (2) Electric motor for water pump - approx. 12 HP. (3) Gas boiler - bought out or Phantom engine and dynamometer. (4) Oil cooler for either blower or Phantom engine. (5) Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) water pump. (6) 2 Galvanometers - bought out. (7) 4 glass thermometers (reading in 1/10°C) bought out. (8) Thermocouples. (9) Orifice plates (air metering). (10) Water metering apparatus (as used on car test beds). (11) U tube board holding 6 U tubes. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /C.S.Steadman. | ||
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).