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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 tables of various cars' face area, volume per displacement, and on-track temperature.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 29\3\  Scan278
Date  25th August 1930 guessed
  
TABLE 1
CAR. Face Area per 1000 litre disp. per mile.
ROLLS-ROYCE 25 HP. 83.0 sq.ins.
CHRYSLER 75. 82.7 sq.ins.
HISPANO 77.2 sq.ins.
ROLLS-ROYCE 40/50. 71.2 sq.ins.
GRAHAM PAIGE 65.2 sq.ins.
MARMON 63.0
PIERCE ARROW. 54.4

TABLE 2
CAR. Volume per 1000 litre disp per mile
ROLLS-ROYCE 25 HP. 308.
HISPANO 308.
ROLLS-ROYCE 40/50. 285.
GRAHAM PAIGE 220.
CHRYSLER 75. 207.
MARMON 173.
PIERCE ARROW 129.2

TABLE 3
CAR. Temp. at 60 M.P.H. on Track.
ROLLS-ROYCE 40/50. Vent. Bonnet. 71°C.
CHRYSLER 73°C.
HISPANO. 74°C.
GRAHAM PAIGE. 77°C.
PIERCE ARROW. 82°C.
MARMON 85°C. Engine tightening up.
25 HP. ROLLS-ROYCE. Not yet recorded.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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