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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).
Schematic diagram of an indicator diagram apparatus.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 79\3\  scan0004
Date  13th October 1929
  
INDICATOR DIAGRAM APPARATUS
LEC-743
PRESSURE GAUGE
AIR VESSEL
OIL PUMP
RELIEF VALVE
COCK
ROTARY INDICATOR VALVE
OIL TANK
ELECTRIC MOTOR
1/2 Crank shaft speed
FOR READING PRESSURES BELOW ATMOSPHERE PRESSURE GAUGE COULD BE ABSOLUTE & OIL TANK MADE A VACUUM.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE NECESSARY TO HAVE A BATTERY OF 3 OR 4 GAUGES TO COVER THE WHOLE RANGE OF PRESSURES WITH SUITABLE COCKS TO SWITCH THEM IN OR OUT.
  
  


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