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).
The standardisation of tungsten battery ignition contact points.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 35\6\ scan 253 | |
| Date | 4th March 1927 | |
| Driver: To HM.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} from EPC. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} BY/NHW. Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} Demonstration Class. Remarks on the running generally X2894 EFC5/T4. 3. 27. BATTERY IGNITION CONTACT POINTS. ----------------------------- X4612 X2874 Further to our EFC4/T13.9.26, we now attach copy of a report WC.8. in this connection, from which it will be seen that tungsten points are also referred to. We are, however, including these on account of the probability of these points becoming standard in the near future. EFC. WC.8. attached. | ||