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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 plotting British Thermal Units per minute against RPM for different oil system configurations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\1\  scan0117
Date  16th June 1933 guessed
  
CURVE I
STANDARD PER OIL SYSTEM
EXTERNAL TANK FOR MEASUREMENT
RELEASE OIL RETURNED DIRECT TO LOWER HALF
FLOW TO TAPPET COVER BEING BLANKED.
SP{Mr Spinney} HEAT MOTORINE C100 OC = .470
1 GALL. OIL AT 85 OC : 8.75 lbs.
OIL LEVEL NORMAL (1 GAL) IN SUMP
OTHERWISE AS PREVIOUS TEST.
RELEASE OIL RETURNED VIA TAPPETS (NORMAL)
OTHERWISE AS LAST TEST.
BTHUS/MIN
LESS RADIATION
R.{Sir Henry Royce} P. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore}
INLET 80-5°
INLET 80-5°
INLET TEMP 80-5°C
500
400
300
200
100
3500
4000
4500
  
  


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