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On an example of double battery ignition for the Stutz 8 cylinder engine.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\V\October1930-February1931\  Scan291
Date  5th February 1931
  
FROM E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
C. to SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [crossed out]
C. to WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [crossed out]
C. to HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
ORIGINAL [stamp]
X.6105. BATTERY IGNITION.
E1/M5.2.31.
Further to memo. E1/M2231, we find another example of double battery ignition on the new Stutz 8 cylinder.
In this case also a single distributor is employed and distributes the current from two coils to the 16 leads.
E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
RECEIVED [stamp]
26 FEB 51
HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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