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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).
Decoded cablegram from Springfield requesting spark advance curve data for Bosch battery ignition, with a handwritten reply.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61b\4\  scan0014
Date  28th February 1921
  
HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
EFC
X.4275
CABLEGRAM RECEIVED FROM SPRINGFIELD.
on 28th.February 1921.

IVVEV    NUMBER
SLYAK    FIFTYTWO
HIVES    HIVES
ODYEK    SEND (S)
CYBCU    CURVE
YOREX    SPARK (S) (ED{J. L. Edwards}) (ER) (S)
AFTUY    ADVANCE
FEEVY    FOR
BOSCH    BOSCH
YENLU    BATTERY (IES)
YILAF    IGNITION.

ROLLSROYCE    ROLLS-ROYCE.

Reply
52
Battery advance 12º at 300 engine
35º at 2000 engine
Straight line
Hives 11/3/21.
  
  


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