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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 charting the results of fan tests on a 3½ Litre Bentley, measuring water temperature rise over time at different engine speeds.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 135\1\  scan0032
Date  9th September 1933
  
3½ LITRE BENTLEY FAN TESTS (CHASSIS 4 - BIV)
WATER TEMPERATURE RISE - LIGHT RUNNING - WATER AT 80°C AT COMMENCEMENT OF TEST
N.B. ALL TEMPERATURE FIGURES REDUCED TO AIR TEMP OF O°C

Top Graph:
600 ENGINE R.P.M.
BOILING

Bottom Graph:
400 ENGINE R.P.M.

Y-Axis Label:
WATER TEMPERATURE RISE (DEGREES CENTIGRADE)

X-Axis Label:
TIME (MINS)

Legend:
PEREGRINE FAN
20/25 H.P. FAN
CHRYSLER FAN
NO FAN

Note:
CHRYSLER & 20/25 H.P. FANS FITTED WITH .50" CLEARANCE
BETWEEN FAN BLADE & RADIATOR MATRIX. AT FANS
NEAREST POINT TO RADIATOR
  
  


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