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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).
Specifications for platinum point gap, contact breaker timing, and armature core flux.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\2\  Scan073
Date  8th March 1921
  
-7- Contd.
(22b) Platinum point gap :- .008".
Contact breaker timing:-

| | Make. | Break. |
|---|---|---|
| A. {Mr Adams} | 17.5° | 100° |
| R. {Sir Henry Royce} | 69° | 152.5° |

| | Retarded. | Advanced. |
|---|---|---|
| Make. | 70° | 18° |
| Break. | 152° | 100° |
| Make. | 248° | 197° |
| Break. | 333° | 280° |

Make ratio :- .461.

(23) Armature core flux

Speed. Flux.
400
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2400
2800

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