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).
Temperature tests with different dashboard and floorboard configurations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\4\ scan0029 | |
| Date | 21th December 1911 | |
| R.R. 148 (20 H) (W 414, 13.4.11) G 1616. 21/12/11/X819 Report on Temperature tests. with dashboard filled in & side guards removed to let air get away. Thermometer fixed on detachable floorboard Top & underneath Dash filled in Standard [Table 1 - 'with dashboard filled in & side guards removed'] Top Under M.P.H 20°C 28°C 25 16° 32 35 16° 29 20 18° 32 30 [Table 2 - 'Dash filled in Standard'] Top Under M.P.H 25c 59°c 25 28 62°C 35° 29 58°c 30 : on top The temperature on top of the floor boards is controlled a good deal by direction of wind. [Handwritten annotations:] scrapped coat for K.{Mr Kilner} T-notes check this EB 20/12/11 R [stamp] | ||