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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).
Graph comparing the performance of a new throttle governor cam against an existing one (L.E.C. 1889).

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66a\3\  scan0060
Date  13th January 1924
  
DIVISIONS ON CAM

ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF THROTTLE IN DEGREES
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40

THROTTLE OPENING IN INCHES
0 .020 .040 .060 .080 .100 .120 .140 .160 .180 .200 .220 .240 .260 .280 .300 .320 .340 .360 .380 .400

ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF GOVERNOR SHAFT IN DEG.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

RATE OF ACCELN OF THROTTLE OPENING WITH NEW CAM

(ACCELN OF THROTTLE OPENING WITH CAM TO L.E.C. 1889)

ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF THROTTLE WITH NEW CAM

THROTTLE OPENING WITH NEW CAM

ANGULAR MOVEMENT THROTTLE AS PER L.E.C. 1889

THROTTLE OPENING AS PER L.E.C. 1889

DEG. PER DIV. PER IN.
1.0 .8 .6 .4 .2

EAC THROTTLE GOVERNOR CAM
  
  


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