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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).
List of specifications and calculated values for a contact breaker, primary circuit, and core.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 69\1\  scan0003
Date  14th February 1924 guessed
  
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CONTACT BREAKER.

Normal speed (R.P.M.)    700
No. of breaks per revolution.    6
No. of breaks per second.    70
Platinum gaps set at -    .020"
Make ratio.    r    .50
Period (sec.)    T'    .0143
Time of make (sec.)    t¹    .00714
Time of break (sec.)    t"    .00714
Time constant ratio.    S = t¹/T¹    .2653

CONTACT BREAKER & PRIMARY.

Ratio time of make / time constant.    t¹/T₁    1.882
Energy delivered by battery per period (joules).    W    .0995
Calculated current at break. (amperes)    c¹    2.68
Ratio current at break / final current.    x = c¹/c₀    .848

CONTACT BREAK & CORE.

Approx. flux at break.    10⁸ Lc¹/n    8573

CONTACT BREAKER PRIMARY & CORE.

Approx. flux interlinkages at break.    10⁸ Lc¹    2572x10³
Energy of magnetic field at break (joules)    W¹ = ½ Lc¹²    .0345
Approx. efficiency of magnetic field production.    η    .347
  
  


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