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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 on heat generation with performance data at half and full throttle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 77\4\  scan0288
Date  7th November 1922
  
X4240
TEST OF HEAT GENERATED. 7.11.22.

Half throttle.

R.P.M. | lift. | HP. | Starting temp. | Final temp. | Time of flow 3 gals. | Cons. pts. per hr. (Mex)
500 | 23¾ | 4.9 | 30 | 57 | 92 | 4½
750 | 25 | 7.8 | 33 | 47 | 50 | 6
1000 | 25¼ | 10.5 | 34½ | 47½ | 36¾ | 7
1250 | 24½ | 12.2 | 39 | 49½ | 34 | 9
1500 | 23¾ | 14.6 | 40 | 50 | 33½ | 10
1750 | 21¾ | 15.8 | 39 | 49 | 26 | 11½
2000 | 21 | 17.5 | 40 | 50 | 20 | 12½
2250 | 20¼ | 18.7 | 42 | 52 | 15 | 15
2500 | 18¾ | 19.2 | 46 | 56½ | 20 | 17½
2750 | 16 | 18.3*| 65 | 75º | 25 | 19
3000 | 14 | 17.5 | | | | 23

Full throttle.

R.P.M. | Lift. | Rise in temp. | Time of flow 3 gals. | Cons. pts. per hr
500 | 47 | 28.0 | 93 secs. | 8
750 | 50 | 19.5 | 52 | 11
1000 | 50½ | 16.75 | 37 | 13½
1250 | 49 | 37 | 35 | 16
1500 | 46½ | 19 | 33 | 19
1750 | 43½ | 19¼ | 30 | 21½
2000 | 42 | 19½ | 27 | 23
2250 | 40 | 20 | 25 | 25
2500 | 37 | 20 | 23 2/5 | 28
2750 | 32 | 20½ | 23 | 30
3000 | 28 | 22½ | 24 | 32

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