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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).
Index of reports regarding tests on engine bearings, oil pressure, consumption, and temperature.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179b\3\  img314
Date  15th January 1933
  
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Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/ps.1/KT.15.1.33.

oil pressure should not be greatly exceeded with whitemetal bearings.

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BEARINGS.

V.1813. Dry sump method of test.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}Fr.39. Oil Consumption Curve.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}951. Falcon. Heat to oil, reduction when heat is kept off the pistons.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}952. Whitemetal bearing temps.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}953. Centre bearing temps.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}954. Oil temp. tests on road.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}955. Photograph of spray in oil pump.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}956. Oil consumption with flow through bearings.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}957. Heat generated by work done on oil by Peregrine oil pump.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}959. Peregrine oil temperatures on the road.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}960. Improvement in bottom half cooling due to turbulence, also Petter cooler characteristics under increasing flow.

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Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/ss.{S. Smith}
  
  


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