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 data on vehicle body temperatures and airflow under various ventilation configurations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\4\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 27th April 1915 | |
| 4. Dashboard filled in, louvred side guards, dashboard ventilators closed, front two side windows open and both front windows open. | Floorboard temperature | Body temperature | Water temperature | Time under full power | Air temperature | |---|---|---|---|---| | 35 | 17 | 70 | 8 1/2 | 20 | | 43 | 19 | boil | mins. | 20 | No smell, bad draught. 5. Dashboard filled in, louvred side guards, dashboard ventilators closed, side windows closed, front windows open. | Floorboard temperature | Body temperature | Water temperature | Time under full power | Air temperature | |---|---|---|---|---| | 34 | 18 | 70 | 8 1/2 | 20 | | 38 | 20 | boil | mins. | 20 | no smell, back draught. 6. Dashboard filled in, louvred side guards, dashboard ventilators above floorboards open, front two side windows open only. | Floorboard temperature | Body temperature | Water temperature | Time under full power | Air temperature | |---|---|---|---|---| | 29 | 24 | 70 | 9 1/2 | 13 | | 39 | 31 1/2 | boil | mins. | 13 | No smell, slight upward draught. | ||