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Graph showing temperature time curves for a Goshawk engine ignition coil under various test conditions.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\J\December1922\  Scan88
Date  13th December 1922
  
TEMPERATURE TIME CURVES OF IGNITION COIL
ON GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))

TEMPERATURE (°C)
TIME (MINUTES)

① COIL IN STABALITE CASE.
② COIL IN BAKELITE CASE, UNINSULATED, STD POSITION.
③ SAME AS IN 2 BUT INSULATED.
④ SAME COIL AS IN 2 BUT UNINSULATED ON BRACKET.
⑤ SAME AS IN 4 BUT INSULATED.

TEMPERATURE AT WHICH COIL BROKE DOWN

C.A.P 13/12/22
E.F.C 14/12/22
  
  
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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