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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).
Test log comparing engine detonation and roughness with various governor and head configurations, including waveform traces.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 101\2\  scan0142
Date  28th June 1938 guessed
  
Left Margin:
17°
ADV
BTDC

Right Margin (written vertically):
ROUGHNESS FROM SEPARATOR

Table Headers:
5-40 MPH, 5-70 MPH, MAX SPEED, DETONATIONS FADE OUT, INTENSITY OF DETONATIONS.

Table Content:
Row 1: STD GOVERNOR. | TURB HEAD | 16.1: | 99.7: | 75.0: | 17s" | LOUD.
Row 2: DETURB HEAD | 15.7: | 92.9: | 77.25: | 16s. | Loud.
Row 3: SPECIAL GOVERNOR | TURB HEAD | 15.6: | 97.0s" | 75.5: | 13s. | Loud. (Annotation on waveform: 31)
Row 4: I. WALLER | DETURB HEAD | 16.8: | 93.55s. | 75.5: | 13s.. | Loud. (Annotation on waveform: 11)
Row 5: SPECIAL GOVERNOR. | TURB HEAD | 16.4: | 97.1: | 75.0: | 17s. | Loud. (Annotation on waveform: 17)
Row 6: H.F. Hamilton | DETURB HEAD | 15.5: | 90.5: | 77.25: | 18s" | Loud.
  
  


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