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Table of magneto distributor dimensions, make ratios, and ranges.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 4\5\  05-page266
Date  8th May 1924
  
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X.430. TABLE OF MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR DIMENSIONS, MAKE RATIOS, AND RANGES EXPRESSED IN FRACTIONAL VALUES OF THE DISTRIBUTOR PITCH IN EACH CASE.

X.800.

| Magneto. | Type. | Width of carbon brush. | width of seg: | Sum of brush & seg. | Make ratio. | Sum of make ratio brush & segment. | Range. | Forward overlap at advance. | Forward overlap at retard. | Backward overlap at advance. | Backward overlap at retard. | Remarks. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| U.S.A. Bosch. | BRS. Ed. {J. L. Edwards} 19. | .22 | .61 | .83 | .85 | 1.68 | .21 | .13 | .34 | .55 | .34 | Same as Ed {J. L. Edwards} 18. but differently wound armature. |
| Watford. | E06c | .15 | .64 | .79 | .88 | 1.67 | .18 | .19 | .37 | .48 | .30 | R.R. 40/50 standard. |
| Watford. | EL06 | .14 | .68 | .82 | .88 | 1.70 | .34 | .12 | .46 | .58 | .24 | Large machine. |
| R.Bosch. | Z.F.6. 2490573. | .16 | .56 | .72 | .90 | 1.62 | .17 | .13 | .30 | .49 | .32 | 20 H.P. size. |
| Scintilla | AMG-A 34937. | .21 | .49 | .70 | .43 | 1.13 | .29 | .10 | .39 | .03 | -.26 | Stationary armature. Rotating Field |
| Scintilla | AMG-A 26495. | .20 | .48 | .68 | .46 | 1.14 | .29 | .17 | .46 | -.03 | -.32 | Large cams. |
  
  
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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