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).
Press cutting describing the White electric starter and generator system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\3\ scan0010 | |
| Date | 11th November 1913 | |
| The White Starter. Motor 11.11.13 The White electric starting outfit is a single-unit device, supplying current to an 18-cell battery for both lighting and starting. Its special feature consists in a special winding of the armature, which prevents the battery being overcharged. It is worked off the magneto shaft by chain gearing and, when the current is reversed, actuates the engine through the same means, being thus geared down to the engine shaft. The control of the outfit is effected by means [Image Caption] The electric generator for starting and lighting on the 20-30 h.p. White. [Handwritten numbers on page] 6027.X.583, X1494 | ||