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).
Cover memo distributing a report on mathematical and experimental investigations into battery ignition systems.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\3\ Scan288 | |
| Date | 14th December 1917 | |
| X. 2814. To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 2AT14.12.17. c. to BJ. c. to BJ: for Cy. c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HBO. c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to EH. c. to Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} /Ellis. X.3199 - RE BATTERY IGNITION X.2814. Herewith please receive - (a) "Mathematical and Experimental Investigations of Action of Contact Breaker & Coil for Battery Ignition" comprising :- (1) Effect of variation of speed of contact breaker. (2) " " " " secondary gap. (3) " " " " ballast resistance. (4) " " " " condenser capacity and position. (5) Effect of variation of primary gap. (b) Tabular numerical comparison of Remy and Delco coils, with notes on this comparison. (These have been added to and we shall therefore be glad if you will kindly allow these to supersede similar sheets already issued under cover of our EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 1/AT9.11.17). (c) Notes on Action of Induction Coil. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 0912 (1) 40-N-9 378 A S) (L 001) V 552. H M | ||