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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 a Bampost Rythn type A.T. Speedometer.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 59\2\  Scan275
Date  14th November 1933
  
New Bampost Rythn type A.T. Speedometer
Makers specific 795 R.P.M at 63 M.P.M.
Thus 757 will be the Revs. per mile.
Scale Calibration.

R.P.M. OF DRIVE
M.P.H. INDICATED
FAST OR SLOW
+    -
18°C    30°C    65°C
18°C    30°C    65°C
130    137    131    10    -3.0%    -8.5%    -3.6%
260    270    293    20    -7.0%    -7%    -16%
397    400    391    30    -5%    -5.3%    -3.3%
523    528    512    40    -3.75%    -4.5%    -1.5%
647    650    628    50    -2.6%    -3%    -1.0%
771    768    743    60    -2%    +1.5%    +2%
881    878    850    70    -    +1.7%    +3.6%
999    997    953    80    +1.1%    +1.25%    +5.5%
1105    1105    1066    90    +2.5%    +2.5%    +6.1%
1220    1220    1177    100    +3.5%    +3.5%    +6.5%

NB
14-11-33
  
  


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