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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).
Performance test data for a 20 HP car on Ticknall Hill, recording times against varying ballast weights.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\2\  scan0110
Date  19th November 1926 guessed
  
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20 HP PERFORMANCE ON TICKNALL HILL
TIME TAKEN FROM RAILINGS TO FIRST TREE AFTER GATE

20 HP. PERFORMANCE ON TICKNALL HILL.
TIME TAKEN FROM RAILINGS TO FIRST TREE AFTER GATE

TEST BODY 6 3/4 cwt.

BALLAST CWT | PASSENGERS | TOTAL WEIGHT NO PASSENGERS CWT | MAX AT TOP. | MIN. | TIME M S
0 | 2 | 29 1/2 | 39 | 30 | 1 - 40 1/2
1 1/2 | 2 | 31 | 38 | 28 1/2 | 1 - 45
3 1/2 | 2 | 33 | 37 | 26 | 1 - 49
5 1/2 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 1 - 56
7 1/2 | 2 | 37 | 34 | 23 | 2 - 3

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