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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).
Record card detailing a heat test conducted on chassis 774.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 78\3\  scan0001
Date  2nd October 1908
  
Heat Test. Chassis 774.

air 18

Engine running 600 revs.
Temperature underneath footboards.
Temperature of water

Special radiator, No gills
windows closed.
Engine running 2 hours.
64° C.
203° F.{Mr Friese} (95 C)

Engine running third hour with windows open.
66° C.
206° F.{Mr Friese}

Ordinary radiator.
1 hours running windows closed.
81° C.
196° F.{Mr Friese} (91 C)

1 hour windows open.
78° C.
184° F.{Mr Friese}
  
  


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