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Data sheet recording acceleration times and speeds over two separate test runs.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 107\1\  scan0178
Date  6th July 1933
  
HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
x1960
GIN-60.
M.P.H. 2ND GEAR. 3RD GEAR. TOP GEAR.
1st run
(10 to 35 5 2/5 sec. 8 sec. 11 sec.
(10 to 40 9 3/5 13
(10 to 50 14 18
(10 to 60 20 26
Lap speed 79 M.P.H. 1/2 mile 79.65 M.P.H.
Through gear from standing start to 60 23 1/5.
2nd run
(10 to 35 5 4/5 8 2/5 11 1/5
(10 to 40 10 14 1/5
(10 to 50 14 3/5 20 4/5
(10 to 60 20 2/5 25 2/5
Lap speed 77.81 M.P.H. 1/2 mile 79.30 M.P.H.
Through gear from standing start to 60 19 4/5.
hp 6/7/33
  
  
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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