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Comparing three exhaust systems on a standard 40/50 HP engine.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\L\2April1924-June1924\  Scan110
Date  5th April 1924
  
R.R. 493A (40 H) (SL 42 12-7-23). J.H., D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
(1)
Expl. No.
REF: Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /ACL/5.4.24.
EXPERIMENTAL REPORT.

COMPARISON OF EXHAUST SYSTEMS ON
STANDARD 40/50 HP. ENGINE.

Tests were made to compare the following three
exhaust systems on the standard 40/50 engine -

(1) Standard 40/50 system.
(2) West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) Scheme.
(3) 'Derby' Scheme.

The above systems were used in conjunction with
the standard rear silencer and readings taken with
cut-out closed and open.

The following is the power output given by each
of the above three systems taken under the same conditions.

contd:-
  
  
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).


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