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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).
List of gear required for a radiator test rig.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 143\1\  scan0094
Date  1st October 1935
  
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Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.19/KW.1.10.35.

List of Gear required for Radiator Test Rig.

(1) Combined fan and electric motor (constant speed) bought out - approx. 60 HP.

or

'R' supercharger and 150 HP. electric motor - bought out (constant speed).

(2) Electric motor for water pump - approx. 12 HP.

(3) Gas boiler - bought out

or

Phantom engine and dynamometer.

(4) Oil cooler for either blower or Phantom engine.

(5) Goshawk water pump.

(6) 2 Galvanometers - bought out.

(7) 4 glass thermometers (reading in 1/10°C) bought out.

(8) Thermocouples.

(9) Orifice plates (air metering).

(10) Water metering apparatus (as used on car test beds).

(11) U tube board holding 6 U tubes.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.S.Steadman.
  
  


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