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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).
Table of lowest speeds in R.P.M. for regular firing on various magnetos with 5.5 mm gaps.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 4\5\  05-page152
Date  25th July 1922
  
C.A.P

X.430 - MAGNETOS.

TABLE OF LOWEST SPEEDS IN R.P.M.
FOR REGULAR FIRING ON 5.5 mm. GAPS
IN ATE.

CHAIN DRIVE.

N.B. Test range between advance and retard 34° in all cases.

| Magneto. | Type & No. | X. No. | Lowest speeds. | | | Remarks. |
|---------------|-------------------|--------|----------------|------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | | | Adv. | Cent.| Retd.| |
| U.S.A. Bosch. | ZR.6. Ed.{J. L. Edwards}19 3385190 | 3916 | 58 | 105 | 150 | Advanced position same as makers. Retard position 2° earlier than makers. |
| Watford. | E06c 50410. | 4181. | 210 | 200 | 200 | Advance and retard limited by movable sleeves attached to cam ring. Therefore range the same as makers. |
| Watford. | EL06 55044. | 4275 | 67 | 68 | 69 | Advance and retard limited by movable sleeves attached to cam ring. Retard position same as makers. Advance position 28° later than makers. |

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