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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).
Performance graph and specifications for a Norris Strip type radiator with tinned copper gilled seamed oval tubes.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149a\2\  scan0298
Date  23th December 1935 guessed
  
Norris Strip
TUBE TYPE:- TINNED COPPER GILLED SEAMED OVAL TUBES
FRONTAL AREA - 1 SQ FT
COOLING SURFACE - 23.4 SQ FT
FEET RUN TUBING - 66.3
WEIGHT OF TUBING = 4.93
AIR CONSTANT = 1090 CUBIC FT PER MIN
WATER CONSTANT = 1.66 FT PER SEC
= 14.4 GALLONS PER MIN PER FT WIDTH
FORMATION TUBES 1 3/8" x 2 5/16" O/D
SECTION SHOWING TUBE
9 m/m PITCH
6 m/m
2 1/4 m/m
1 3/8"
Left Y-Axis: PRESSURE (INCHES OF WATER) DROP IN STATIC
Right Y-Axis: BRITISH THERMAL UNITS PER HOUR PER SQ. FT COOLING SURFACE PER 1°F TEMP DIFF
X-Axis: AIR FLOW - CUBIC FT PER. SQ FT FRONTAL AREA
Graph lines and labels:
WATER VELOCITY FT. SEC
COPPER GILLS
IRON GILLS
FORD FLAT TUBES
HAL & N.
AIR RATE
TOTAL HOT PRESSURE
OLD TYPE R&M
AIR PRESSURE
COLD ELEMENT
TRUNKED FORE AND AFT.
  
  


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