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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 Brake Horsepower at full throttle measured on a Springfield Traction Dynamometer, comparing three different exhaust configurations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 50\3\  Scan273
Date  14th January 1924
  
FULL THROTTLE. B.HP. ON SPRINGFIELD TRACTION DYNAMOMETER.
Solid Line - Hot throttle with exhaust blowing straight thru jacket. Boilers on.
Dotted line - Hot throttle, cock turned off, exhaust cannot blow thru jacket. Boilers on. Loaded up at 500.
Broken Line - Standard Springfield scheme.
H.C. DIETZGEN CO. CHICAGO-NEW YORK NO 346 B
Jan. 14, 1924
L.H.C.
  
  


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