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).
Two graphs showing the results of experiments to reduce floor-board temperature under various conditions.
Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\K\December1923\ Scan85 | |
Date | 28th December 1923 | |
EXPERIMENTS TO REDUCE FLOOR-BOARD TEMPERATURE. RISE IN C° ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE. STANDARD CONDITION I PEDAL SLOTS FILLED IN. II AS IN I FLYWHEEL GUARD AND UNDERSHIELD ALTERED III AS IN I & II PEDALS COWLED IN INGRESS OF AIR PREVENTED IV AS IN I, II & III CORK ON THE FLOOR. V AS IN I, II, III & IV CORK AGAINST DASHBOARD. TEMP. AIR UNDER SCUTTLE DASHBOARD TEMP. TEMP AT PEDAL SLOTS A % DECREASE IN RISE OF TEMPERATURE COMPARED WITH STANDARD. CONDITION I (AS IN GRAPH A) CONDITION II (AS IN GRAPH A) CONDITION III (AS IN GRAPH A) CONDITION IV (AS IN GRAPH A) CONDITION V (AS IN GRAPH A) AIR AT DASH AIR UNDER SCUTTLE AIR AT PEDAL SLOTS B STAMP: LIMITED OOM. 28 DEC. 23 DERBY | ||