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).
Confirming specifications for a battery ignition distributor, including the make-to-break ratio and condenser capacity.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0151 | |
| Date | 1st January 1932 | |
| X6120 By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. HY{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}/RD. C. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.7/ADL.1.32. J.3. BATTERY IGNITION DISTRIBUTOR Confirming our conversation with Mr. Davis we should like the ratio of the period of make to the period of break to be at least .70 on this distributor with a condenser capacity for initial trial of .15 mf. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||