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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).
Data table for converting speed readings between a proportional scale and a new contract scale.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 59\2\  Scan130
Date  23th March 1931 guessed
  
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d₀
Original reading
in miles per hour
on proportional
scale.

.0006 d₀²

d
divisional position
on the old propor-
tional scale at
which the division
corresponding to d₀
miles per hour
on the new contract
scale
should be placed.

0 0 0
5 .015 4.985
10 .060 9.940
15 .135 14.865
20 .240 19.760
25 .375 24.625
30 .540 29.460
35 .735 34.265
40 .960 39.040
45 1.215 43.785
50 1.50 48.50
55 1.82 53.28
60 2.16 57.84
65 2.53 62.47
70 2.94 67.06
75 3.37 71.63
80 3.84 76.16
85 4.33 80.67
90 4.86 85.14
  
  


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