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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).
Data table showing the amount of petrol not drawn from a 33-gallon tank under different gradients and cambers.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 95\4\  scan0191
Date  20th December 1935
  
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Re/Sym.17/EW.20.12.35.

33-Gallon Tank. Petrol not drawn from Tank.

Tank on level 6 pts.
1 in 10 upward gradient 1 gall. 7 pts.
1 " 8 " 2 galls. 2 pts.
1 " 5 " 3 galls. 4 pts.

Tank in position of N/S Camber
of 1 in 10.
Level 1 gall. 6 pts.
1 in 10 upward gradient 3 galls. 1 pt.
1 " 8 " " 3 galls. 4 pts.
1 " 5 " " 4 galls. 5 pts.

Tanks in position of o/s Camber
of 1 in 10.
Level 1 gall. 2 pts.
1 in 10 upward gradient 2 galls. 0 pts.
1 in 8 " " 2 galls. 3 pts.
1 " 5 " " 3 galls. 3 pts.
  
  


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