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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).
Comparison of different types of electrical spark and arc characteristics with corresponding sketches.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 63\4\  scan0031
Date  31th May 1933 guessed
  
D/2000/2/A
Thick and thin spark.
Bushy arc.
Occ. thin sparks anywhere
Occ. striations.

D/2000/2/B
As sketches.

D/2000/5/A
Same as for D/2000/2/A only less.

D/2000/5/B
Single spark and arc.

D/2000/7/A
Same, but still less arc and more striations.

D/2000/7/B
Single spark.
  
  


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