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).
Petrol pump delivery tests, measuring flow rates from the tank at different starting fuel levels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0229 | |
| Date | 26th August 1933 | |
| X4543a Hotel de France. Chateauroux. Indre. To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From G.W.H. 26.8.33. I. B. IV. We have taken the petrol pumps delivery starting with 2 gallons in the tank until emptied. The petrol flow being measured at the hight of the carburettors. 2 GALLONS START 1° 1 pint in 31 sec - 116 pts per Hour 2° " " " 31 4/5 " - 113.2 " " " " 3° " " " 32 " - 112.5 " " " " 4° " " " 33 " - 109 " " " " 5° " " " 33 1/5 " - 108.4 " " " " 6° " " " 33 4/5 " - 106.4 " " " " 1 GALLON START 1° 1 pint in 33 4/5 sec - 106.4 pts per Hr. 2° 1 " " 34 " - 105.8 " " " " 3° 1 " " 35 " - 102.8 " " " " 4° 1 " " 35 1/5 " - 102.3 " " " " 5° 1 " " 35 2/5 " - 101.5 " " " " 6° 1 " " 35 2/5 " - 101.5 " " " " G.W.Hancock. G.W.H. | ||