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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).
Test results for secondary milliamps, primary point gap, and contact breaker timing.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\3\  scan0080
Date  3rd September 1927 guessed
  
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(14) Secondary milliamps :-
Maximum :- 20.0
Minimum :- 5.7

(15) Primary point gap after previous tests :- .010"

Primary point gap .014"
Contact breaker timing.

Make. Break. Retard. Advance.
A -2° 94.5° Make. 57° -3°
R 58° 154.5° Break. 154° 94°
Make. 239° 179°
Break. 335° 275°

Make ratio :- .536

Primary point gap :- .006"
Contact breaker timing.

Make. Break. Retard. Advance.
A -3° 99° Make. 56° -4°
R 57° 159° Break. 159° 99°
Make. 238° 178°
Break. 339° 279°

Make ratio:- .567

Max average variation in break timing = 1°
  
  


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