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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).
Bar chart comparing the total endurance running time for various connecting rod bearings.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 115\1\  scan0198
Date  21th November 1936
  
BV.100
HOURS RUN
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
TOTAL RUNNING TIME WITH VARIOUS CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS ON ENDURANCE
WHITE-METAL
237 HRS.
R.R. LEAD-BRONZE
192 HRS.
STRIPS
HALL'S METAL
780 1/2 HRS.
HALL'S METAL ON STEEL SHELLS
SOLID HALL'S METAL
STRIPS
DURALUMIN CONN. RODS.
26 HRS.
R.R. 56 ALLOY SOLID BEARINGS
20 HRS.
TOTAL ENDURANCE RUNNING ON ALL TYPES = 1255 1/2 HRS.
MTHS{Reg Matthews}
21-11/36
  
  


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