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).
Replying to a query about a phenomenon observed with H.T. distributor rotors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168\2\ img021 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1936 | |
| To GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 86119 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.4/JH.3.11.36. In reply to your note of the 30th ult. regarding H.T. distributor rotors, the phenomenom you observed is quite in order and occurs wherever there is a H.T. part in close proximity to an earthed metal part. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. | ||