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).
Standardising scrubbing tungsten points and a new spring system for the battery ignition contact maker.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\R\October1927-December1927\ Scan079 | |
| Date | 11th August 1927 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} EFC. ) C. to BJ. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} RR. BATTERY IGNITION. ORIGINAL R1/M8.11.27. X8692 X8690 At the first possible moment we want you to standardise the scrubbing tungsten points, and the new system of spring to the contact maker. We understand that this will now bring our battery ignition to a state of complete satisfaction, but I am not sure whether we have solved the difficulty of tracking in the distributor. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||