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Oil consumption for unit C-16 during an evening test run to Buxton and return.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0093
Date  15th July 1936
  
To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /WB. {Mr Brazier / Mr Bell} 8/KW.15.7.36.

Oil Consumption - 21-G-IV. Unit C-16.

32.2 sq.in.lbs. scraper rings.
Otherwise standard engine.
Total miles to date 1683.
Oil used 1 pint.
Miles run 80.
Average speed 40 M.P.H. (approx.).
Oil Consumption 640 M.P.G.
Air Temperature approximately 12°C.
Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} evening run to Buxton and return.

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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