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).
Example of double battery ignition on a new Stutz 8-cylinder engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\4\ scan0180 | |
| Date | 5th February 1931 | |
| X6105. R.{Sir Henry Royce} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E1/M5.2.31. X.6105. BATTERY IGNITION+ Further to memo E1/M2.2.31 we find another example of double battery ignition on the new Stutz 8 cylinder. In this case also a single distributor is employed and distributes the current from two coils to the 16 leads. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||