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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).
Test report page detailing circuit tests, RPM tests, measurements, and handwritten notes on an advance and retard mechanism.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\5\  Scan166
Date  19th July 1922 guessed
  
-4- Contd.

(10) Short circuit test :-
O.K.

(11) Open circuit test :-
O.K.

(12) Test at 1500 R.P.M.
O.K.

(13)
(a) 6.75 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m.
(b) 6.75 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m.
(c) 6.5 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m.
(d) 4.0 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m.

(14). Advance and retard limited by movable sleeves attached to cam-ring. The retard position being better than the advance, our retard made the same as maker's but our advance 28° later than maker's.
  
  


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