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Continued discussion on engine ignition systems, hand starting, and back-firing.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 54\5\  Scan160
Date  29th August 1921
  
S.H. 384A (100. T) (S.H. 798. 10-12-20) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2948
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R6/G29.8.21.

be started on the ignition only by moving the hand
control, and there is no fear of the engine back-
firing, should it be necessary to start the engine
by hand.

We do not know any system of ignition in which all
these advantagese are combined.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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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