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).
Potential cause of a magneto failure due to engine cleaning methods.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65\3\ scan0331 | |
| Date | 7th November 1928 | |
| EEC. from GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} X7791 7.11.28 Re your EFCL/T7.11.28. I personally have not seen the magneto referred to and consequently cannot form an opinion of the cause of the failure. I am inclined to agree that it may have been caused by swabbing the engine down with petrol and paraffin. This has been overdone and complained of by my self. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||