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Test report on Block Sparking Plugs type 12/20, noting pre-ignition issues and power loss.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 33\3\  Scan231
Date  23th November 1922
  
Mr. Hives from GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
X1812l.
23.11.22.
BLOCK SPARKING PLUGS - type 12/20.
These plugs have been tested on the test bed engine and have run 10 hours. We had to change a valve due to pre-ignition from one of these plugs. They all pre-ignite more or less - power also being down with these plugs.
GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
  
  
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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