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).
Modifications to a Watford E.O.6. Magneto by Messrs North, leading to a required endurance test and potential delays.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 48\2\ Scan471 | |
| Date | 21th February 1927 | |
| X8796 Mr. Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} c. Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} c. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} ----- BYS/H. 21.2.27. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} WATFORD E.O.6. MAGNETO. ----------------------------- Referring to MXl/T.18.2.27. unfortunately Messrs North introduced two factors into the special magneto no.94201. a {Mr Adams} /- modified timing gears, which demands an endurance test. b/- improved tunnel for the sleeve. If they had kept to one modification only, we could have got through quickly. I am afraid as it is it will have to lie in the hands of the Experimental unless Messrs Norths supply us with the three other magnetos we are calling for, without the modification to the gears, which, so far as I remember, are not really called for, as gear troubles are few and far between. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Signature] | ||