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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).
Scale calibration data for an A.C. Speedometer, Instrument No. II.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 165\2\  img106
Date  13th July 1937
  
6011
6 BIV
13.7.37.

A.C. Speedometer.

Scale Calibration :- Instrument No.II.

Revolutions per minute of drive shaft | M.P.H. reading on dial. | Correct M.P.H. based on revs. per mile. | Percentage error. Fast | Percentage error. Slow
170 | 10 | 10.0 | - | -
350 | 20 | 20.5 | | 2.44
517 | 30 | 30.4 | | 1.32
657 | 40 | 38.6 | 3.63 |
820 | 50 | 48.2 | 3.74 |
990 | 60 | 58.2 | 3.10 |
1150 | 70 | 67.5 | 3.70 |
1320 | 80 | 77.5 | 3.23 |
1485 | 90 | 87.3 | 3.09 |
1650 | 100 | 97.0 | 3.09 |

Remarks :- R.{Sir Henry Royce} = 1,022.

Fitted to chassis No.
  
  


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