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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 plotting the temperature of a Wraith carburettor over time with different types of washers.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 7\4\  X 608 Carburetter-page26
Date  16th May 1938 guessed
  
WRAITH CARBURETTOR TEMP WITH DIFFERENT WASHERS BETWEEN CARBURETTOR AND INDUCTION PIPE
TEMP °C
TIME - MINS
INDUCTION PIPE (SAME IN EACH CASE)
CARBURETTOR (THIN COPPER + ASBESTOS WASHER)
CARBURETTOR (15/30 INSULATING WASHER)
UNDER BONNET TEMP IN EACH CASE 57 - 63 °C
WATER TEMP 90 - 92 °C
READINGS TAKEN FROM POINT AT WHICH INDUCTION PIPE TEMP BECOMES CONST
  
  


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