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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).
Graph plotting cooling over a leading edge condenser (without fins) against air speed on logarithmic scales.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179b\2\  img246
Date  20th December 1932
  
CURVE No 3
COOLING OVER LEADING EDGE CONDENSER (WITHOUT FINS)
READINGS CORRECTED TO 20°C AIR TEMPERATURE &
PLOTTED TO LOG SCALES GIVE n=.875 IN FORMULA
COOLING = k(ρV)^n(T1-T2)
ERRORS IN AIR SPEED READINGS (± 3 M.P.H.)
(Y-axis vertical text): 1 PINTS CONDENSATE = 52 C.T.U. = 94 B.T.U.
(Y-axis label): COOLING (PINTS CONDENSATE/SQ.FT/MIN)
(Y-axis scale - log/actual):
2̅.95 .09
2̅.925 .085
2̅.90 .08
2̅.875 .075
2̅.850 .07
2̅.825 .065
2̅.80
2̅.775 .06
2̅.750
(Graph line): GRADIENT .875
(X-axis top): AIR SPEED M.P.H
(X-axis top values): 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150
(X-axis bottom): LOG AIR SPEED
(X-axis bottom values): 1.925 1.95 1.975 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.15
T.P. OE P
20-12-32
  
  


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