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).
The effects of syringing water onto an engine's distributor and coil during operation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 37\1\ scan 018 | |
| Date | 30th October 1917 guessed | |
| Dal/CE271017. Contd. X.800 We afterwards syringed water on to the distributor several times. This checked the engine speed each time, but it immediately afterwards picked up again. But no effect was produced by syringing water on the coil. Finally the engine was stopped by water entering the holes where the H.T. wires enter the distributors and wetting the distributor gear. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||