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Test log for various spark plugs, detailing results of mixture, insulation, oiling, and pre-ignition tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 33\3\  Scan096
Date  20th January 1921
  
Header Row:
-2-
Date.
Type
1st. Test. Over-strong mixture.
2nd. Test. Breaking down insulation.
3rd. Test. Over-Oiling.
4th. Test. Pre-ignition. Test Bed.
No. fitt:
No. failed
Remarks.

Row 1:
Date: 14.1.21.
Type: Herz. 2 pt. ribbed.
1st Test: missing.
2nd Test: O.K.
3rd Test: failed
No. fitt: 6
No. failed: 2
Remarks: right out - mica plugs will not clean.

Row 2:
Date: 14.1.21
Type: Herz.
1st Test: missing
2nd Test: O.K.
3rd Test: failed
No. fitt: 6
No. failed: 2
Remarks: " " "

Row 3:
Date: 15.1.21
Type: Equem
1st Test: O.K.
2nd Test: O.K.
No. fitt: 6
Remarks: Miss-fire at high speeds.

Row 4:
Date: 6.1.21
Ref: 201220
Type: Champion.
1st Test: O.K.
2nd Test: O.K.
3rd Test: O.K.
4th Test: leak O.K.
No. fitt: 6
No. failed: 0
Remarks: Fitted to 2.EX.

Row 5:
Date: "
Type: "
1st Test: O.K.
2nd Test: O.K.
3rd Test: failed.
4th Test: O.K.
No. fitt: 6
No. failed: 2 or 3
Remarks: " " Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)).

Row 6:
Date: "
Type: "
1st Test: missing
No. fitt: 6
No. failed: 3
Remarks: " " EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 'S CARS (Magneto weak).

Row 7:
Date: 19.1.21
Type: Fan-flame
1st Test: missing slightly
2nd Test: o.k.
3rd Test: o.k.

Row 8:
Date: 20.1.21
Type: Appoll O
1st Test: " "
2nd Test: ?

Footer Text: R.R. 599 (250 T) (SD176 19-7-17) M.P.8686
  
  
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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