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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).
Photographs of B-16 Unit big end and main bearings after endurance testing.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 82\4\  scan0160
Date  21th September 1935 guessed
  
LOWER HALVES
UPPER HALVES
<- 1 to 7 ->
A1
<- 1 to 6 ->
B-16 Unit. 6.8:1 comp.ratio
big Ends:- 70/30 alloy RR.
lead bronze, centri-cast,
after 50 hrs. at 4,000 rpm
Main Bearings white metal,
after 50 hrs. at 4,000 rpm.
inter. brgs. 2nd set, after
30 hrs. at 4,000 r.p.m.
  
  


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