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 report on cylinder liner bore distortions after a 10,000-mile test in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0263 | |
| Date | 9th January 1936 | |
| Ph. III - N° 10 - AFTER 10000 MILES TEST IN FRANCE LINER BORE DISTORTIONS TAKEN WHILST FITTED IN CYL. BLOCK TEOF Nº E.86671 MATL - SHEEPSBRIDGE CENTRICAST-IRON DES. SIZE = 3.250 +1 Diagram text: 6.137 .375 TOP CENTRE GLAND RIGHT ANGLES TO C'SHAFT PARALLEL TO C'SHAFT 'A' SIDE TOP LINER | AA{D. Abbot-Anderson}' | BB' | OVALITY 1 | 3.2518 | 3.2507 | .0011 2 | 3.2517 | 3.2507 | .001 3 | 3.252 | 3.2518 | .0012 4 | 3.2521 | 3.2513 | .0008 5 | 3.2519 | 3.251 | .0009 6 | 3.2519 | 3.251 | .0009 CENTRE LINER | AA{D. Abbot-Anderson}' | BB' | OVALITY 1 | 3.2513 | 3.2496 | .0017 2 | 3.2513 | 3.2498 | .0015 3 | 3.2511 | 3.250 | .0011 4 | 3.2511 | 3.2505 | .0006 5 | 3.2516 | 3.250 | .0016 6 | 3.2516 | 3.2496 | .002 GLAND LINER | AA{D. Abbot-Anderson}' | BB' | OVALITY 1 | 3.250 | 3.2488 | .0012 2 | 3.2501 | 3.249 | .0011 3 | 3.2497 | 3.249 | .0007 4 | 3.2496 | 3.2498 | .0002 5 | 3.250 | 3.2492 | .0008 6 | 3.2501 | 3.249 | .0011 'B' SIDE TOP LINER | AA{D. Abbot-Anderson}' | BB' | OVALITY B1 | 3.2511 | 3.2505 | .0006 2 | 3.2511 | 3.2507 | .0004 3 | 3.2513 | 3.2512 | .0001 4 | 3.2517 | 3.2506 | .0011 5 | 3.2516 | 3.2505 | .0011 6 | 3.2514 | 3.251 | .0004 CENTRE LINER | AA{D. Abbot-Anderson}' | BB' | OVALITY B1 | 3.2508 | 3.2503 | .0005 2 | 3.2509 | 3.2506 | .0003 3 | 3.2512 | 3.250 | .0012 4 | 3.2512 | 3.2502 | .001 5 | 3.2516 | 3.250 | .0016 6 | 3.2509 | 3.2502 | .0007 GLAND LINER | AA{D. Abbot-Anderson}' | BB' | OVALITY B1 | 3.251 | 3.2508 | .0002 2 | 3.2503 | 3.2512 | .0009 3 | 3.2503 | 3.2492 | .0011 4 | 3.2501 | 3.2495 | .0006 5 | 3.2505 | 3.2501 | .0004 6 | 3.2506 | 3.2496 | .001 ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. DERBY NORM | ||