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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).
Test report detailing secondary milliamps, primary point gap, and contact breaker timing results.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 40\2\  Scan099
Date  29th March 1926 guessed
  
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(14) Secondary milliamps :-
Maximum :- 13.2 16.9
Minimum :- 4.2

(15) Primary point gap after previous tests :- Average = .015"

Primary point gap .011"
Contact Breaker Timing.

| | Make | Break |
|-------|---------|---------|
| A | -15° | 98° |
| R | 43° | 156° |

| | Retard. | Advance. |
|-------|---------|----------|
| Make | 44° | -14° |
| Break | 156° | 98° |
| Make | 222° | 164° |
| Break | 336° | 278° |

Make ratio :- .628

Primary point gap:- .019"
Contact breaker timing.

| | Make. | Break. |
|-------|---------|---------|
| A | -11° | 93° |
| R | 47° | 151° |

| | Retard. | Advance. |
|--------|---------|----------|
| Make. | 48° | -10° |
| Break. | 152° | 94° |
| Make. | 226° | 168° |
| Break. | 330° | 272° |

Make ratio:- .578°
Average variation from normal = 2 1/2°
  
  


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