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The application of twin contact breakers to an ignition distributor for Wraith & Bentley V models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168\3\  img164
Date  22th April 1939
  
DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /MS.
c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
6119
23
DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 9/G.22.4.39.
CHILDS

IGNITION DISTRIBUTOR. WRAITH & BENTLEY V. {VIENNA}

Herewith D.CD.1302 shewing the application of twin contact breakers to an existing design of distributor, and thus enabling us to obtain 70 - 30 make and break ratio. A movable base plate is provided to enable final timing to be obtained without removing the cam.

DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  
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).


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