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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).
Chart showing brake drum temperature over distance during two test runs to the Royal Red Gate.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 157\2\  scan0164
Date  5th May 1937 guessed
  
BRAKE DRUM TEMPERATURE CHART
2 RUNS TO THE ROYAL RED GATE
SOLID LINES REPRESENT TEMP: REACHED BY DRUM WITH 7" x 650 TYRE
DOTTED " " " " " " 18 x 550 "

Top-Right Graph:
2ND RUN
SOLID N.S.R
DOTTED O.S.R

Second from Top-Right Graph:
1ST RUN
SOLID O.S.R
DOTTED N.S.R

Third from Top-Right Graph:
2ND RUN
SOLID O.S.F.
DOTTED N.S.F.

Bottom-Right Graph:
1ST RUN
SOLID N.S.F.
DOTTED O.S.F.

X-Axis Label: MILES
Y-Axis Scale: 100, 150, 200
X-Axis Scale: 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
  
  


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