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Graph plotting wind speed versus car speed at various measurement positions in front of a Bentley radiator.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 87\1\  scan0126
Date  6th October 1934
  
FIG. 1
WIND SPEEDS IN FRONT OF BENTLEY RADIATOR - BONNET ON
AIR SPEEDS TAKEN AT POSITIONS SHOWN
PITOT TUBE 5 1/2" IN FRONT OF MATRIX
TAKEN ON B23.A.E.
SHUTTERS FULL OPEN
WIND SPEED - M.P.H.
CAR SPEED - M.P.H.
POSITION ① BUT BEHIND THE SHUTTERS
A NEGATIVE WIND SPEED WAS RECORDED AT POSITION ②
F.LL.S.
6. X. 34.
  
  
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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