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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 of detonation curves for a 21 G.T. car using turbulent and deturbulated cylinder heads with fixed ignition.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 101\3\  scan0015
Date  9th June 1936 guessed
  
DETONATION CURVES TAKEN ON 21 G.T. CAR WITH FIXED IGNITION AND USING BOTH TURBULENT & DETURBULATED CYLINDER HEADS
TURBULENT HEAD 126 C.C.'S 6 : 1 COMPRESSION RATIO E.60660
DE-TURBULATED " 133 " 5.86:1 LEC. 5002
A DE-TURBULATED HEAD. FIXED DELCO IGN.
B " " " R.R. "
C STANDARD TURBULENT HEAD DELCO "
D " " " R.R. "
E IDEAL CURVE FOR POWER SUPPLIED FROM
TEST BED. BY L.H.S.{Lord Herbert Scott - Chair}
DEGREES ADVANCE ON FLYWHEEL
M.P.H.
G.M. WHITMAN
  
  


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