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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).
Comparison table of radiator performance metrics for various cars, ranked by merit.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\K\October1923\  Scan33
Date  5th October 1923 guessed
  
COMPARISON 1000 LITRE DISPLACEMENT PER MILE ON DIRECT DRIVE BASIS.

[TABLE 1]
Header 1: Car. Order of merit.
Header 2: Area of matrix face per 1000 ltr. displ: per mile. ins.
Data:
Fiat. | 110.0
Panard. | 100.33
Delage. | 98.6
Bentley. | 95.3
R-R 20 HP (red) | 90.8
Hispano. | 88.6
Farman. | 86.0
Isotta. | 78.3
Napier. | 78.1
Voisin. | 74.5
Minerva. | 65.25
New R-R Rad. (red) | 60.6 (red)
R-R 40/50 (red) | 57.6
Packard. | 51.4

[TABLE 2]
Header 1: Car. Order of merit.
Header 2: Wtr. cap. galls. per 1000 ltr. displ: per mile. galls.
Data:
Minerva. | 1.2
Hispano. | 1.149
Bentley. | 1.145
Delage. | 1.09
R-R 20 HP (red) | .95
R-R 40/50 (red) | .888
Voisin. | .803
Fiat. | .772

[TABLE 3]
Header 1: Car. Order of merit.
Header 2: Surface of core per 1000 ltrs: displ: per mile. sq.ft.
Data:
Panard. | 31.05
Isotta. | 26.9
Hispano. | 25.62
Farman. | 24.9
Fiat. | 23.9
R-R 20 HP (red) | 22.8
Bentley. | 20.65
Delage. | 20.4
Minerva. | 20.25
Napier. | 19.9
New R-R Rad (red) | 18.8
R-R 40/50 (red) | 17.62
Voisin. | 16.18
Packard. | 15.0

[TABLE 4]
Header 1: Car. Order of merit.
Header 2: Surface of core per inch of depth per 1000 ltr. displ: per mile sq.ft.
Data:
Fiat. | 7.93
Panard. | 7.79
Hispano. | 6.4
Bentley. | 6.89
Delage. | 6.28
Farman. | 6.2
R-R 20 HP (red) | 5.77
Isotta. | 5.67
Voisin. | 5.3
Napier. | 4.97
Minerva. | 4.16
Packard. | 3.87
New R-R Rad. (red) | 3.85 (red)
R-R 40/50 (red) | 3.68
  
  


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