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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).
Set of three graphs comparing the Useful Brake Mean Effective Pressure (BMEP) of the Japan I and Peregrine engines.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\8\  B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page222
Date  5th November 1932 guessed
  
CURVES SHEWING THAT J1 CAN GIVE MORE SPECIFIC OUTPUT WITHOUT DETONATION THAN PER ALL TESTS SHELL MEX FUEL

GRAPH A: COMPARISON OF USEFUL B.M.E.P. THAT CAN BE OBTAINED ON THE ROAD JAPAN I COMPARED WITH PEREGRINE
LEGEND A: (1) JAPAN I, (2) PEREGRINE

GRAPH B: JAPAN I
LEGEND B:
(1) MAXIMUM B.M.E.P. WITH FULL IGNITION ADVANCE
(2) USEFUL B.M.E.P. WITH IGNITION RETARDED TO ELIMINATE DETONATION

GRAPH C: PEREGRINE
LEGEND C:
(1) MAXIMUM B.M.E.P. WITH FULL IGNITION ADVANCE
(2) USEFUL B.M.E.P. IGNITION RETARDED TO ELIMINATE DETONATION

AXIS LABELS: B.M.E.P., R.P.M.
  
  


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