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).
Sketch of the apparatus and method for obtaining data on airspace in engine cylinder jackets when inclined at different angles.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\V\December1930-February1931\ Scan185 | |
| Date | 5th January 1931 | |
| INSTALLATION TESTS. SKETCH OF APPARATUS & METHOD EMPLOYED IN OBTAINING DATA ON AIRSPACE IN ENGINE CYLINDER JACKETS WHEN ENGINE IS INCLINED AT DIFFERENT ANGLES. VENT COCK GAUGE GLASS (B) VENT FILLER (A) WATER LEVEL MEASURED FROM IN INCHES WATER TOP WATER RAILS CONNECTED VENT TEST ① QUANTITY OF WATER MEASURED INTO CYLINDER JACKETS WHEN LEVEL TEST ② QUANTITY OF WATER MEASURED INTO CYLINDER JACKETS WHEN TILTED 7 ½° TEST ③ QUANTITY OF WATER MEASURED INTO CYLINDER JACKETS WHEN TILTED 15° TEST ④ QUANTITY OF WATER MEASURED INTO CYLINDER JACKETS WHEN TILTED 20° METHOD OF TAKING TESTS a WATER IS MEASURED & POURED INTO SYSTEM AT FILLER (A) b LEVEL IN CYLINDER JACKETS MEASURED ON GAUGE GLASS (B) c ON COMPLETION OF ONE SERIES SYSTEM IS DRAINED THEN THE APPARATUS IS TILTED TO THE REQUIRED INCLINATION & PROCEDURE a & b REPEATED FOR RESULTS SEE CURVES 199F & 200 F TAG. 5-1-31 | ||