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).
Hill climbing performance tests, detailing speedometer readings and time taken over a set distance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\4\ scan0161 | |
| Date | 22th February 1921 guessed | |
| contd: -2- (3) HILL CLIMBING. About 3/4 mile was marked off at 5 points where speedometer readings were taken and time taken to complete the whole distance. Points. | Cut-out open m.p.h. | Cut-out closed m.p.h. ---|---|--- 1 | 20 | 20 2 | 37 | 37 3 | 34.5 | 34 4 | 15.5 | 13.5 5 | 23 | 23 Time for whole distance :- Cutout open = 2 mins. 4.6 secs. " closed = 2 " 6.6 " [Watermark: LION BOND 1804 MADE AT CROXLEY] | ||