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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).
Test record for a speedometer, showing readings at various temperatures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 59\2\  Scan028
Date  3rd June 1929
  
X.4308. A.T. SPEEDOMETER TEST.

Speedometer No. D999.720. "/50
Speedometer type 20HP From stock
Other particulars
50.0

Temperature (°C)
Miles per hour indicated at 600 R.P.M. exactly.
Revs. per mile of drive for correct speed reading.

15.0 | 51.9 | 693
20.0 | 51.4 | 700
22.0 | 51.1 | 704
25.0 | 50.6 | 712
28.0 | 50.4 | 714
30.0 | 50.4 | 714
35.0 | 50.3 | 716

Miles per hour at 1200 R.P.M.

3.6.29.
EFC.
  
  


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