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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}

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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.
  
  
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).


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