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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).
Diagram of typical wave forms for Vulture engine ignition and distributor vibration.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 142\1\  scan0281
Date  31th October 1938
  
TYPICAL WAVE FORMS VULTURE IGNITION
V.M.2
APPROX. VERTICAL SCALE 100/1
CURVE A
5TH ORDER ONLY
PURE SINE WAVE
1 REV
CURVE B
1ST ORDER AND 6TH ORDER. EQUAL AMPLITUDES
(VULTURE II N.o 2 VERTICAL VIBRATION OF DISTRIBUTOR)
1 REV
CURVE C
5TH ORDER MODULATED
(VULTURE II N.o 2 TRANSVERSE VIBRATION OF DISTRIBUTOR)
1 REV
CURVE D
COMPLEX 2ND ORDER VIBRATION
(LATERAL VIBRATION ON A DISTRIBUTOR L.C. EXE. STAR. UNIT.)
2 REVS
SGL 31.10.38.
  
  


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