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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 report from an Upton Lewis machine on Royal Aircraft Factory Piston Alloy B4, showing test parameters and resulting diagrams.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 37\4\  scan 098
Date  1st July 1917
  
UPTON LEWIS MACHINE
TEST No 11
MARK AF
DATE 7/17
MATERIAL RAF ALLOY B4
STATE
SECTION 1" x 1/2"
DIST. BETWEEN JAWS 1/4"
THROW OF CRANK 3/4"
SPEED R.P.M. 106
SPRINGS 4 1/2
32 PER INCH
TOTAL No OF REVS. OF DIAGRAM

ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY PISTON ALLOY B4
AL 91% CU 7.0% ZN 1% SN{Mr Sanderson} 1%

[Faint Stamp Text]
ROLLS-ROYCE
AERO ENGINE DEPT
DERBY
  
  


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