Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

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).
Test results for closed and louvred bonnets on Broccone Pass, Austria, detailing water loss and temperature readings.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 119\3\  scan0005
Date  20th September 1912
  
Mr Barrington.
[Handwritten Note]
Tests with closed & louvred bonnets on Broccone Pass .
taken by Sinclair with 1718 in Austria 17.9.12
TEMPERATURES WITH BOTH SIDE WINDOWS OPEN
Ascents
Loss of Water
Atmos.
Body.
Foot boards.
[Handwritten Subtitles]
Bottom Top
Bottom Top
Bottom Front
1st asc.t
closed bonnet
plate off
1 3/4 litrs. 9c 7c 25c 28c 40c 62c
2nd asc'd
Louvred bonnet
plate off
1 "
11c 9c 25c 30c 40c 58c
3rd asc.t
Louvredbonnet
plate on.
2 1/2 "
14c 11c 23c 26c 29c 45c
[Handwritten Notes at bottom]
Sent Members...
File
Cont'd
  
  


Copyright Sustain 2025, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙