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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).
Blueprint graph of full throttle Brake Horsepower curves measured on a Springfield traction dynamometer.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 50\3\  Scan275
Date  14th January 1924
  
FULL THROTTLE. B.HP. ON SPRINGFIELD TRACTION DYNAMOMETER
SOLID LINE - Hot throttle with exhaust blowing straight thru jacket. Boilers on.
DOTTED LINE - Hot throttle. Cock turned off, exhaust cannot blow thru jacket. Boilers on. Loaded up at 500.
BROKEN LINE - Standard Springfield scheme.
Power was no good below 750 as engine loading up.
THE FREDERICK POST CO. CHICAGO-NEW YORK NO. 346 B T
Jan. 14, 1924
L.M.C.
  
  


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