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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).
Specification sheet detailing secondary milliamps, contact breaker point gaps, and timing data.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 43\4\  Scan247
Date  18th February 1930 guessed
  
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(15) Secondary milliamps :-
Maximum :- 5.0
Minimum :- 3.0

(16) Contact breaker point gap. .017"
Contact breaker timing.

Retard. Advance.
Make. 47° 16°
Break. 84° 54°
Make. 135° 104.5°
Break. 174.5° 144°

Make. Break.
A 15° 54°
R 46° 84°

Make ratio :- .428.
Contact breaker point gap :- .009"
Contact breaker timing:-

Retard. Advance.
Make. 41° 10.5°
Break. 90° 60°
Make. 130° 99.5°
Break. 181° 151°

Make. Break.
A 10° 60.5°
R 40.5° 90.5°

Make ratio :- .558.
Average variation in break :- 6.5°
Compared with 2 spark per rev. magneto = 3°

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