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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).
Graph illustrating the octane number blending characteristics of Isopropyl Ether and Iso-Octane by the Army Method of Test.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 150\1\  scan0227
Date  15th October 1936 guessed
  
FIG. 9.
OCTANE No. BLENDING CHARACTERISTICS
OF ISOPROPYL ETHER & ISO-OCTANE
BY ARMY METHOD OF TEST.

OCTANE + CC.
PB ET4 PER GAL.
+1.0
+0.5
100+0

ARMY OCTANE NUMBER
95
90
85
80
75
70

PERCENT BLENDING AGENT IN REFERENCE FUEL C-9.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60

WITH 3CC PB ET4
PER GAL.

CLEAR.

LEGEND.
BLENDS OF ISOPROPYL ETHER ALONE
BLENDS OF ISO-OCTANE ALONE
BLENDS OF 50/50 MIXTURE OF
ISOPROPYL ETHER & ISO-OCTANE

DATA PRESENTED THRU COURTESY OF MAJ. S.D. HERON,
ETHYL GASOLINE CORPORATION.
  
  


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