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).
Experimenting with brass and nickel to improve the lifespan of distributor sparking points.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0143 | |
| Date | 9th November 1931 | |
| X6118. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/ADL9.11.31. DISTRIBUTOR SPARKING POINTS. We have observed that other makers of ignition distributors invariably get a longer life for their sparking points than we do. The combination of metals they use is brass for the distributor points and nickel for the H.T. rotor blade. we use all stainless steel. We should like to try the experiment on our distributor of using this brass and nickel combination and we should be glad if you will arrange for a set to be instructed for test. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||