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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).
Temperature readings taken inside a vehicle body during a test, with accompanying observations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\4\  scan0106
Date  1st July 1912 guessed
  
(Handwritten)
2
air temperatures
taken when
standing

(Typed)
body this was taken by thermometer being attached so that the bulb projected just below the scuttle. I have also made some remarks regarding the condition inside the body during each test.
1. Dashboard not filled in, engine side guards louvred, dashboard ventilators not open, all windows closed.

Temp
Floorbds.

Body
Temp.

Water
temp.

Time
under
full
power.

Air
temp.

50
64

32
31

70
93.5

10
mins.

18
18

Smell from the foot brake.

(Handwritten)
Contd. LR{Mr Ellor}
  
  


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