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Test report on various types of spark plugs.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 33\3\  Scan101
Date  9th February 1921
  
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H85/LG9.2.21.

(Faint vertical text on right margin: R.R. Ltd. H.S.B. No. 165/G 194?)

Type of plug. No. tested. Test 1. Test 2. Test 3. Test 4. Test 5. Remarks.

Bethelem U.S.A. 12 O.K. O.K. O.K. 4 failed. O.K. 4 porcelain cracked.

Splitdorf B.148 6 O.K. O.K. 3 failed Mica insulation

Mercury GB. 2-point. 6 O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. One porcelain found cracked before using.

Mercury GB. 3-point. 6 O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. Very good plugs. Detachable.

Heath. 4 O.K. failed failed

Cooke 4-point. 18 O.K. O.K. 4 failed 1 failed O.K. Cannot be cleaned

Forward. 6 O.K. failed.

Bosch German 6 O.K. O.K. 2 failed Cannot be cleaned.

Lodge 19.G porcelain. 6 O.K. O.K. failed. Missed fire badly.

Hertz 2-point. 6 O.K. failed 2 failed Mica insulation.

Hertz 6 O.K. failed failed Mica insulation - cannot be cleaned.

Equem 6 O.K. O.K. failed. Misfiring badly.

Champion U.S.A. 6 O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. leak. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) Car.

" " 6 O.K. O.K. 1 failed O.K. O.K. On test Car.

" " 6 O.K. failed Missing slightly.

Fan Flame 6 O.K. failed

Appollo 6 O.K. failed failed.
  
  
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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