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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).
Graph and table detailing the automatic advance characteristics of Distributor, Scintilla, and Eisemann magnetos.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 37\1\  scan 286
Date  28th August 1924
  
AUTOMATIC ADVANCE CHARACTERISTICS
OF
DISTRIBUTOR, SCINTILLA AND EISEMANN MAGNETOS.

TABLE OF AUTOMATIC AND HAND ADVANCE IN ENGINE DEGREES.

UNIT | AUTOMATIC ADVANCE | HAND ADVANCE
DISTRIBUTOR | 40° | 30°
SCINTILLA. AG6A.D.1523 | 22° | 11.7°
SCINTILLA. AM6H. (AVERAGE) | 22° | 13.3°
SCINTILLA. AG6A.34703 | 25.3° | 12.7°
EISEMANN. NO.93267. | 13° | 0°

C.

Y-AXIS:
CAM ADVANCE (DEGREES)
DISTRIBUTOR | ENGINE | MAGNETO
14 | 28 | 42
12 | 24 | 36
10 | 20 | 30
8 | 16 | 24
6 | 12 | 18
4 | 8 | 12
2 | 4 | 6
0 | 0 | 0

X-AXES:
MAGNETO ARMATURE SPEED.
0 300 600 900 1200 1500 1800 2100 2400 2700 3000 3300 3600 3900 4200
ENGINE SPEED.
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400 2600 2800
DISTRIBUTOR SPEED R.P.M.
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400

CURVE LABELS:
DISTRIBUTOR
SCINTILLA. AG6A. NO.34703.
SCINTILLA. AM6H. (AVERAGE).
SPECIFICATION. FIGURE.
SCINTILLA. AG6A. NO. D1523.
EISEMANN. NO.93267.

STAMP/HANDWRITING:
H.E.W. 27.8.24
E.F.C. 28/8/24
  
  


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