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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).
Calibration figures for A.T. Speedometer No. 527.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 59\2\  Scan142
Date  23th March 1932 guessed
  
CALIBRATION FIGURES OF A.T. SPEEDOMETER No. 527.

| Speed Indication on Dial. | Revolutions per min. of shaft. | Correct M.P.H. | Percentage Correction. |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
| 10 | 137 | 10.5 | 5% fast. |
| 20 | 274 | 21.00 | 5% fast. |
| 30 | 396 | 30.39 | 1.3% fast. |
| 40 | 525 | 40.25 | 1.1% fast. |
| 50 | 646 | 49.50 | 1.0% slow. |
| 60 | 770 | 59.00 | 1.6% slow. |
| 70 | 897 | 68.90 | 1.6% slow. |
| 80 | 1016 | 77.89 | 2.6% slow. |
| 90 | 1147 | 87.87 | 2.4% slow. |
| 100 | 1260 | 96.50 | 3.5% slow. |

784 revs per mile according to our calibration.
  
  


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