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The analysis and testing of a 20 HP footbrake using a Froude water brake.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 26\4\  Scan190
Date  4th December 1923
  
X3409 (struck through) X719
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 5/T4.12.23.

To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. CJ. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
c. RG. {Mr Rowledge} OY. DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

RE BRAKE TESTS.

Attached herewith is a report on the
analysis of the 20 H.P. footbrake.

The brake was fixed to the back end of
a Froude water brake; driving the brake was a 20 H.P.
engine unit. It was arranged that we could vary the
load on the brake and measure the torque. The results
are comparative.

We are improving the test tackle.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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