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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 plotting the loss of power over time under various engine test conditions.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179b\3\  img226
Date  21th September 1932 guessed
  
B.M.E.P. (LBS/D")
TIME FROM ENGINE BEING PUT ON FULL LOAD (MINS)
TESTS ON LOSS OF POWER WITH TIME.
COPPER TUBE FITTED IN INJECTOR POCKET. STD CONDITIONS.
TEST N° 3a. PERSIAN GAS OIL. LEAKAGE PAST PUMP PLUNGER
TEST N° 3b. PERSIAN GAS OIL. FUEL LINE PRESSURE INDICATING VALVE AT PUMP END LEAKING. NEW R.R. PUMP ELEMENT.
TEST N° 3c. PERSIAN GAS OIL. BOSCH NOZZLE PREVIOUSLY USED IN TESTS 3a & 3b.
TEST N° 3d. PERSIAN GAS OIL. NEW R.R. BOSCH NOZZLE (BALL - RACE STEEL BODY K.E.8 NEEDLE.)
WATER IN FUEL
ERRATIC EXHAUST
B.M.E.P.
Test 3b
Test 3d
Test 3c
  
  


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