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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 results page showing secondary milliamps, primary point gap, and contact breaker timing data.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\2\  Scan260
Date  26th March 1925 guessed
  
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(14) Secondary milliamps :-
Maximum :- 19.3
Minimum :- 9.6

(15) Primary point gap after previous tests :- .012"

Primary point gap .014"
Contact breaker timing.

| | Make. | Break. |
|------|--------|---------|
| A. {Mr Adams} | -68° | 81.5° |
| R. {Sir Henry Royce} | -5.5° | 144° |

| | Retard. | Advance. |
|-------|---------|----------|
| Make. | -6° | -68° |
| Break.| 143° | 81° |
| Make. | 175° | 112° |
| Break.| 325° | 262° |

Make ratio:- .831

Primary point gap :- .010"
Contact breaker timing.

| | Make. | Break. |
|---|-------|--------|
| A | -67° | 84° |
| R | -5° | 146° |

| | Retard. | Advance. |
|-------|---------|----------|
| Make. | -5° | -67° |
| Break | 145° | 83° |
| Make. | 175° | 113° |
| Break | 327° | 265° |

Make ratio:- .839
  
  


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