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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).
Comparison table of different radiator honeycomb designs and their performance metrics.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149a\2\  scan0054
Date  8th August 1932 guessed
  
A comparison of this radiator with the 7 x 100 m/m round tube honeycomb, the 10 x 120 m/m round tube honeycomb and the 10 x 120 m/m round tube honeycomb with hexagonal ends shows the following results :-

TABLE:
Column Headers: [blank], GALLAY 7 x 100 m/m, 10 x 120 m/m, 10 x 120 m/m with hex: ends.

Frontal area per 100 hp. sq: ft. | 2.44 | 3.05 | 3.18 | 3.18
Wt. empty per 100 hp. | 34.2 | 41.4 lbs. | 39.0 | 38.0
Wt. full per 100 hp. | 57.0 | 66.4 | 69.0 | 68.0
Resistance per 100 hp. | 15.6 | 17.8 | 13.0 | 9.7
m W plus R empty per 100 hp. | 21.9 | 25.4 | 20.2 | 16.7
m W plus R full per 100 hp. | 26.1 | 30.1 | 26.0 | 22.2
Equivalent wt empty. | 119.0 | 137.0 | 109.0 | 90.0
  
  


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