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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).
Table of test results from Brooklands, comparing water temperatures for different radiator and louvre configurations at various speeds.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 105\1\  scan0090
Date  18th October 1930 guessed
  
TYPE OF RADIATOR | 30 M.P.H. Full Throttle. | 45 M.P.H. Full Throttle. | 60 M.P.H. All Closed. | All Out. All Closed.
-- | S/T Top Water & Ats. | Mean Water & Ats. | S/T Top Water & Ats. | Mean Water & Ats. | S/T Top Water & Ats. | Mean Water & Ats. | S/T Top Water & Ats. | Mean Water & Ats.
6 mm. Sq. Tube Vertical Louvres. | 69.75 | 64. | 66. | 60.5 | | | |
6/7½ mm. Vertical Louvres. | 78. | 72.5 | 73. | 68. | | | |
6/7½ mm. Horizontal Louvres. | | | 78.5 | 73.5 | | | |
Vertical Louvres 6/7½ mm. Dented. | 74.0 | 68.0 | 69. | 63.5 | 59. | 55. | 67.75 | 62.75
Vertical Louvres 6/7½ mm. Standard. | 77. | 71. | 70.75 | 65.75 | 63. | 59. | 74. | 69.

RESULTS OF BROOKLANDS TESTS WEEK FROM 13th. TO 18th. OCTOBER.

Vertical text on left:
X. 766.
X. 7250.
X. 5250.
  
  


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