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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).
Cubic capacity scale showing formulas and a conversion table from cubic inches to a value 'Z from datum'.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 77\5\  scan0135
Date  26th April 1917 guessed
  
CUBIC CAPACITY SCALE.

z = 1/3 ( 1 + log V - .89509)
= 1/3 log V + .03497

z = 500/3 log V + 17.485 mm

z from datum = 500/3 log V - 132.5

Cubic Inches. Z from datum. Cubic Inches. Z from datum.
6 - 2.8 41 136.3
7 8.3 42 138.0
8 18.0 43 139.7
9 26.5 44 141.4
10 34.2 45 143.0
11 41.1 46 144.6
12 47.4 47 146.2
13 53.1 48 147.7
14 58.5 49 149.2
15 63.5 50 150.7
16 68.2 52.5 154.2
17 72.6 55 157.6
18 76.7 57.5 160.8
19 80.6 60 163.9
20 84.3 62.5 166.8

21 87.9 65 169.7
22 91.2 67.5 172.4
23 94.5 70 175.0
24 97.5 72.5 177.5
25 100.5 75 180.0
26 103.3 77.5 182.4
27 106.1 80 184.7
28 108.7 82.5 186.9
29 111.2 85 189.1
30 113.7 87.5 191.2
31 116.1 90 193.2
32 118.4 92.5 195.2
33 120.6 95 197.1
34 122.7 97.5 199.0
35 124.9 100 200.8
36 126.9 105 204.4
37 128.9 110 207.7
38 130.8 115 210.9
39 132.7 120 214.0
40 134.5 125 217.0

(Contd).
  
  


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