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Specification for inspection and testing of the latest type 40/50 coil for the Goshawk engine ignition.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\5\  Scan034
Date  22th September 1923
  
X4273

To EY. from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
c. Mr. Brock.
c. EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}

EFCl/T22.9.23.

X.4273 - LATEST TYPE 40/50 COIL FOR GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)).

Herewith please receive copy of a specification of inspection and test which we have drawn up for the latest type 40/50 coil with paper insulated primary, used with the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) ignition.

Attached to Mr. Brock's copy is a table of the results of putting three coils through this test, two of which were borrowed from him for the purpose.

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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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