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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).
Report continuation page detailing faults leading to a machine failure.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 57\2\  Scan099
Date  18th August 1927 guessed
  
contd :-
-2-
The commutator micas are undercut, but the solder is thrown out.
The control brush setting is 113° which would result in high output.
These faults together would be ample to account for the failure of the machine.
EFC/FJA.
  
  


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