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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).
Test record for an A.T. Speedometer, detailing performance at various temperatures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 59\2\  Scan045
Date  9th July 1930
  
X4308
A.T. SPEEDOMETER TEST RECORD.
Date :- 9-7-30
Speedometer :- AT. No D.668.765. 1/41.
Remarks :- Gff 19 EX
47.1
Counter revolutions per mile 764.9
(Found by actual trial).
Miles per hour indicated at 600 r.p.m. exactly :-
Temperature (°C) | M.P.H. indicated. | Revs. per mile. of drive for correct speed reading.
20.0 | 47.7 | 754
22.0 | 47.5 | 758
24.0 | 47.3 | 761
26.0 | 47.1 | 764
28.0 | 47.0 | 766
30.0 | 46.8 | 769
32.0 | 46.7 | 771
35.0 | 46.5 | 774
Percent fall of reading between 20°C. and 30°C. : 1.9......
S.7.30.
  
  


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