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Data sheet detailing the amount of petrol remaining in a 28-gallon tank at various gradients and cambers.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 95\4\  scan0192
Date  20th December 1935
  
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 17/KW.20.12.35.

28-Gallon Tank.
Petrol not drawn from Tank

Tank on level
6 pts.

1 in 10 upward gradient
1 gall. 2 pts.

1 " 8 " "
1 gall. 5 pts.

1 " 5 " "
2 galls.4 pts.


Tank in position of N/S Camber
of 1 in 10.

Level
1 gall. 5 pts.

1 in 10 upward gradient
2 galls.3 pts.

1 " 8 " "
2 galls.6 pts.

1 " 5 " "
3 galls.5 pts.


Tank in position of O {Mr Oldham} /S Camber
of 1 in 10.

Level
6 pts.

1 in 10 upward gradient
1 gall. 3 pts.

1 " 8 " "
1 gall. 6 pts.

1 " 5 " "
2 galls.3 pts.
  
  
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).


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