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Repeat oil consumption test run for a 21-G-IV C-16 Unit Standard Engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0066
Date  30th June 1936
  
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /WB. {Mr Brazier / Mr Bell} 17/JH.30.6.36.

21-G-IV - C-16 Unit Standard Engine.

A repeat oil consumption run Derby - Oxford and return.

Miles run 185 Average water Temp. 30°C.
Average speed 44.4 m.p.h. " Oil " 76°C.
Oil used 5.75 pts. " air " 185°C.
Oil cons. 257.5 m.p.g. Average Oil press. 26 lbs/sqin.
Total running on road to date 676 miles.
Petrol cons. 12.75 m.p.g.

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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