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Table of results from Autovac tests on a 40/50 HP Silver Ghost using an old pressure pump.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\N\2October1925-December1925\  Scan243
Date  1st December 1925 guessed
  
AUTOVAC TESTS. TABLE 11.

Table of results when using the old pressure pump as a means of exhausting the Autovac on 40/50 HP. Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial).

| | | Autovac supply pts/hr. for different petrol levels. | | | | | | Suction on petrol. ins.mercury |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | CAR ON LEVEL. | | | 1/8 grad. | 1/4 grad. | | |
| R.P.M. | Average engine demand pts/hr. | Amount of petrol in tank. | | | Height fuel is raised. | | | |
| | | FULL. | 1/2 FULL. | 1/4 FULL. | 1.85" | 1.85" | 1.85" | |
| 500 | 20.0 | 42.75 | 44 | 35.4 | 29.8 | 22.4 | 16.6* | 2.0 |
| 750 | 27.0 | 56.75 | 55.2 | 51 | 45.25 | 34.1 | 28.4 | 2.5 |
| 1000 | 34.5 | 65.00 | 63.4 | 56.5 | 53.2 | 41.2 | 34.5 | 3.1 |
| 1250 | 42.5 | 70.25 | 68.8 | 63.4 | 58.15 | 48.9 | 36.25* | 3.8 |
| 1500 | 49.0 | 70.25 | 70.25 | 65.3 | 61.8 | 50.1 | 41.75* | 4.1 |
| 1750 | 55.25 | 74.7 | 73.9 | 69.5 | 67.0 | 55 * | 48.0 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | | 79.3 | 78 | 75.2 | 67.0 | 59.1* | 51.5 * | 5.0 |

Figures marked * shew when Autovac will not supply engine requirements.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /A.J.Lidsey.
  
  
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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