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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).
Performance data table for a Park Ward Saloon showing tractive resistance at various speeds.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 84\3\  scan0118
Date  6th March 1939 guessed
  
APPENDIX.

PARK WARD SALOON 181.CW.

Tyres at 34 lbs in² A = 23.2 sq.ft. Wat = 1.81 Tons.

MPH. | Total Tractive Resistance. lbs. | Tr{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} Tyres. lbs. | Tr{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} Windage. lbs. | K.{Mr Kilner}
ø 95 | 418 | 108.5 | 309.5 | .001475
75 | 282 | 73.4 | 208.6 | .001595
50 | 146 | 50.0 | 96.0 | .00165
25 | 71 | 47.0 | 24.0 | .00165

ø Extrapolated by extension of formula Tr{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} = (46 + .0413V²)
Extrapolated by Andreau's formula, as below, with K = .00163.

95 | 448 | 108 | 340 | .00163
  
  


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