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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 showing power increase on a 20HP engine due to lower depression in the induction pipe.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5a\5\  05-page040
Date  30th March 1927
  
20HP POWER INCREASE DUE TO LOWER DEPRESSION IN INDUCTION PIPE

ENGINE No 11-GII
COMPRESSION RATIO 5.42 to 1
OPEN EXHAUST
CURVES CORRECTED TO N.T.P.

BHP
STD. 20HP CARB.
ZENITH TRIPLE VENTURI
HORIZONTAL CARB
TWO ZENITH T.C.M. CARBS

INDn PIPE DEPN
STD. 20HP CARB.
ZENITH
TWO ZENITHS

AXIS LABELS:
Left Y-Axis: BRAKE HORSE POWER
Right Y-Axis: INDUCTION PIPE DEPRESSION (INCHES OF MERCURY)
X-Axis: R.P.M. OF ENGINE.
  
  


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