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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 showing the variation of boiling point of water, air temperature, relative air density, and power factor with altitude.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149a\2\  scan0333
Date  9th January 1936 guessed
  
VARIATION OF BOILING POINT
AIR TEMP AND RELATIVE AIR
DENSITY WITH ALTITUDE

BOILING POINT OF WATER
100
90
80

°C AIR TEMP.
20
10
0
-10

ALTITUDE IN FT.
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000

RELATIVE AIR DENSITY
POWER FACTOR
AIR TEMP.

POWER FACTOR
1.00
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.60

ALTITUDE IN FEET.

RELATIVE DENSITY
1.00
.5
  
  


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