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).
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} | ||