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).
Query regarding the effectiveness of a modified ignition coil for high compression engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\5\ img145 | |
| Date | 11th April 1932 | |
| WST X6058 S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst...from PN.{Mr Northey} Copy to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} PN.{Mr Northey}3/WT11.4.32. Ignition. In reply to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst/7/AD 8.4.32 the point in my PN.{Mr Northey}5/WT6.4.32 was really to query whether even with our modified ignition coil we succeeded in producing sufficient secondary EMF. in view of the high compressions coming into use. PN.{Mr Northey} | ||