Aluminum heads

Aluminum heads can tolerate approximately 30# more cylinder pressure than iron heads with the same octane gasoline, without detonation.

To me, this statement seems like they actually tested it. I would like to see how they did it in a running engine. I am not saying they did not measure it, I would like to see the instrument they used. I hope they are not just talking about a compression gage. I would like to see how the pressure difference between Iron and aluminum reacted to varying RPM and load, and coolant temp.