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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).
Specification sheet detailing the numerical particulars of an ignition coil system.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 69\1\  scan0001
Date  24th February 1924
  
X8710
NUMERICAL PARTICULARS.
OF
IGNITION COIL SYSTEM.

SYSTEM. Final Standard tall coil for RR. Battery Ignition
(Stabalite base). 8.00 volts

CORE.
Length (inches) before turning over. 4.150"
Diameter of wire (inches) .022"
No. of wires. 740 approx
Total cross section of iron (inches2) .282"
Saturation pope strength. 3045.
(at 10800 poles per sq. in.)
Saturation core flux. 38250

PRIMARY.
Number of turns. n 300±10
No. of layers. 4
Dia. of wire (inches) .028.
Approx. resistance (ohms) (working condition). R1 1.18
Approx. inductance (secohms) (henries). L .0096

PRIMARY & CORE.
Interlinkages per ampere. 10^8 L 960,000
Flux per ampere. 10^8 L/n. 3200
Fraction of saturation per ampere. .084
No. of turns x C.S. area. 85.0
14.2.24. Initial rate of rise of primary current (amperes per second). E/L 8335
24.2.24.
  
  


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