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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).
Series of graphs and diagrams illustrating the effect of water circulation on overheating in a car's cooling system.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\2\  scan0092
Date  2nd July 1930 guessed
  
GRAPH II
EFFECT OF CIRCULATION ON OVERHEATING
19 E.X. CAR
A BACK PRESS CAUSED BY RESTRICTION 15 LBS/D''

WATER OUTLET FROM THE
CYL: BLOCK RESTRICTED TO
23-.125 HOLES.

TOP WATER TEMP
ATS TEMP. 20°C

SHUTTERS OPEN.
STANDARD
RESTRICTED CIRCULATION

SHUTTERS CLOSED
STANDARD
RESTRICTED CIRCULATION

TOP WATER TEMP. C°
ROAD SPEED 75 M.P.H.

Graph B:
CIRCULATION ON PII WATER SYSTEM.
RAD: E.79448 6/7 1/2 TUBES.
MEAN BOTTOM WATER TEMP. 67°C
RAD: E.79321
FLOW GAL/MIN
ENGINE R.P.M.
TWO RAD: OUTLETS.
SINGLE RAD: OUTLETS.
RESTRICTION OF 23 .125 HOLES IN OUTLET PIPE.
65 M.P.H.

Graph C:
CIRCULATION ON PII WATER SYSTEM AT HIGH TEMPERATURES.
CIRCULATION GAL/MIN
BOTTOM WATER TEMP. C°
ENGINE R.P.M. 2500
DOUBLE RAD: OUTLET
SINGLE RAD: OUTLET

Diagram:
DOUBLE RADIATOR OUTLET
6"M/M 7.5"M/M TUBES
4.0"
23.6"
26.8"
  
  


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