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).
Instructions for arranging swivelling tungsten contact points on a distributor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 35\6\ scan 042 | |
| Date | 9th May 1921 | |
| X2894 88318 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. INSTRUCTIONS. To: EFC Order No: AA{D. Abbot-Anderson} 60 Customer's No.: 1 Re: X2894 Tungsten Contacts with Scrub X1819. To arrange a pair of contact points on a distributor as requested in E/GY/5/21. X2894, an insulated point capable of being swivelled around will be required, so that the faces of the points are other than normal to the direction of motion. Fig. 1 shows a suggested arrangement. [Diagram Annotations] condenser contact-piece rod screwed in 'a' to clamp on to rod a.{Mr Adams} slot clamping bolt for screw-point Fig 1. | ||