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Radiator tests comparing a standard radiator to a 'Sofr' radiator, with temperature readings recorded at various intervals.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 38\2\  Scan170
Date  7th February 1922
  
WM 26/10M PKD'S (SH 686 9-11-20) MP 231103
X3456
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD.
INSTRUCTIONS.
To Mr Hives
7/2/ 1922
Order No.
Customer's No.
Radiator Tests on 49 G1B
Standard radiator & Sofr radiator with projections inside tubes
Tests taken on London Rd car
with standard.

Standard Radiator
Temperatures
dc | Water temp at start | m.p.h | 1/2 mile | 1 | 1 1/2 | 2 | 2 1/2 | 3
4°C | 60°C | 30 | 61 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5
" | " | " | 61 | 62 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 63.5 | 64
" | " | " | 61 | 61.5 | 61 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5
4.5°C | " | " | 61 | 61.5 | 62 | 62.5 | 63 | 63.5
" | " | " | 60.5 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61
" | " | " | 61 | 62 | 62.5 | 63 | 63.5 | 64

Sofr Radiator
Temperatures
5.5°C | 60°C | 30 | 60.5 | 60.5 | 60 | 60 | 59.5 | 59
" | " | " | 61 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 62 | 62 | 62
" | " | " | 59.5 | 59 | 58.5 | 58.5 | 58.5 | 58
6°C | " | " | 61 | 61.5 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62
" | " | " | 59.5 | 59 | 58.5 | 58 | 58 | 58
" | " | " | 60.5 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61.5 | 61.5

Signed [Illegible Signature]
This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work
  
  
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).


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