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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 heat dissipated to a cooler against oil discharge through bearings for a 6-cylinder Falcon engine unit.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\1\  scan0079
Date  8th February 1933 guessed
  
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 951.
HEAT DISSIPATED TO COOLER TO KEEP INLET OIL AT 65°C. CRANKCASE IN STILL AIR.
TESTS MADE ON 6 CYL. FALCON UNIT.
2250 R.P.M. FULL THROTTLE.
B. TH. US./MIN.
OIL DISCHARGE THROUGH BEARINGS. LBS./MIN.
8 TO 1 COMPN RATIO.
6 TO 1 COMPN RATIO.
BAFFLES FITTED TO PISTONS TO PREVENT OIL SPLASHING ON THE HOT CROWNS. 8 TO 1 COMPN RATIO.
  
  


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