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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).
Timing specifications for a Watford E06d Magneto No. 73972.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\2\  Scan434
Date  11th March 1926
  
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11.3.26.

WATFORD E06d. MAGNETO NO.73972.
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Timing of contact breaker in the retard and advance position in relation to the maximum flux position of armature.

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Fully advanced.

| Make | -65º |
| Break | 86º |
| Make | 115º |
| Break | 267º |

Range = 17º
Make ratio = .838

Fully retarded.

| Make | -47º |
| Break | 103º |
| Make | 132º |
| Break | 233º |

Actual range of cam lever = 62º

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}

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