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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).
Performance graph from a Vee Belt test, plotting RPM and HP over time with annotations of test events.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 135\1\  scan0238
Date  1st November 1938
  
Vee Belt Test - Ferogrip (Ferodo No 1)
Pulley Angle 35° 30'
Belt Periphery -
External 43"
Internal 40"
Life - 5HRS 10 MINS
REVS. PER MIN.
4600
4400
4200
4000
Flat Belt retensioned
Vee Belt retensioned
Jockey Pulley fitted
Leather Belt fitted
Flat Belt broken
Speed fluctuating
Test stopped
Fan Blade fractured
* 8 HRS 12 MINS (4th FAN)
Motor speed reduced to reduce amps
Alum. Fan
Vee Belt turned over on pulley
HP
25
20
15
HOURS
* Fan Broken
DIAGRAM No 880
T. 11. 38
  
  


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