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).
Engine starting difficulties related to an M.L. Magneto.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M11\ img078 | |
| Date | 4th November 1917 | |
| -2- Re - M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} L. Magneto. ie engine by pulling out sharply over a compression, our engine being rather too heavy for anyone but a very strong man to swing in the usual way that small engines are started. Will you please enclose a copy of this letter to Mr. Watson,if Mr. Hives cannot get this matter cleared up. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||