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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 brake lining temperature against distance for a 3 1/2 Litre Bentley.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\1\  scan0037
Date  4th March 1936 guessed
  
BRAKE LINING TEMPERATURE TESTS - BENTLEY
TESTS CARRIED OUT ON 3 1/2 B.W. FERODO MZ LININGS.
BRASS RIVETS IN CONTACT WITH DRUM, STEEL SHOES
TEMPERATURE MEASURED BY THERMO-COUPLES IN CENTRE
RIVET OF LEADING SHOES ON NEAR SIDE WHEELS
3 1/2 LITRE BENTLEY

Y-AXIS LABEL: BRAKE LINING TEMPERATURE °F (SEE NOTE)
X-AXIS LABEL: DISTANCE - MILES (SEE NOTE 2)

GRAPH DATA:
REAR BRAKES
FRONT BRAKES

NOTE 1: THE TEMPERATURES RECORDED ARE THE MAX. READING AFTER EVERY HEAVY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. THE TEMPERATURE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE APPLICATIONS IS NOT SHOWN.

NOTE 2: THE DISTANCE SCALE IS APPROXIMATE ONLY. THE READINGS ARE SPACED AT REGULAR INTERVALS ON THE CURVE WHEREAS ACTUALLY THEY OCCURRED AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS.
  
  


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