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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 comparing carburetter metering performance under light loads and throttled conditions for various setups.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66a\1\  scan0023
Date  15th January 1925 guessed
  
No 2.
CARBURETTERS E.A.C.
METERING UNDER LIGHT LOADS, THROTTLED.
BRAKE SET AT 2000 R.P.M FULL LOAD.
FOR EACH THROTTLE POSITION MIXTURE CONTROL IS ADJUSTED TO GIVE MAX. R.P.M. OF ENGINE.
NOTE:-
CURVES ABOVE THE ZERO LINE INDICATE A RICH MIXTURE AND
CURVES BELOW THE LINE INDICATE WEAK MIXTURE.
NO. OF NOTCHES ON CONTROL TO OBTAIN CORRECT MIXTURE
NOTCHES WEAK
NOTCHES RICH
R.{Sir Henry Royce} P. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore}
AIR VALVE STARTS TO LIFT ON STD E.A.C & EXPL. E.A.C
STD 40/50 CARB
AIR PORTS OPEN 40/50 & EXPL. E.A.C
EXPERIMENTAL E.A.C.
40/50 AIR VALVE STARTS TO LIFT
STD. E.A.C WITH 8 COIL SPG. RATING 38 OZ/IN.
AIR PORTS OPEN STD E.A.C.
EXCESSIVE WEAK SPOT ON STD E.A.C CARBURETTER.
  
  


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