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Example of double battery ignition on a new Stutz 8-cylinder engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61b\4\  scan0180
Date  5th February 1931
  
X6105.

R. {Sir Henry Royce} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

E1/M5.2.31.

X.6105. BATTERY IGNITION+

Further to memo E1/M2.2.31 we find another example of double battery ignition on the new Stutz 8 cylinder.

In this case also a single distributor is employed and distributes the current from two coils to the 16 leads.

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief 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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