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).
Test report on the condition of components, noting issues with plated ports and a high tension feeder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 29th June 1920 | |
| 25 Shts/100 Bks ) (BH57.29-6-20.) MP 224359 ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. INSTRUCTIONS. To 19 Order No. (2) Customer's No. was good, the amount of metal which had melted and formed a pip being rather smaller in comparison with other tests. The condition of the plated ports was again observed to be bad although not so bad as previous tests without the extra ventilation. The electro-plating appears very thin and unable to withstand the corroding effect of the nitrous oxides due to combustion. The nickel H.T. feeder on the distributor rotor had burnt away slightly at the point where the sparks had passed to the distributor head H.T. terminal feeders. Signed H.E.W. This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||