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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 {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
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 {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /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.
  
  
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).


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