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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).
Speedometer drive gearing and test rig calibration for the 12-EX chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 50\4\  Scan187
Date  22th March 1928
  
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
X4308
22.3.28.

SPEEDOMETER FOR 12-EX. X4308 X8310

The speedometer drive gearing on this
particular chassis gives 736.6 speedometer drive
R.P.M. at 60 m.p.h. i.e. on your test rig running
at 600 r.p.m., the speedometer to be correct must
read
48.9 m.p.h.

A.J.Lidsey.
  
  


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