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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).
Test report detailing secondary milliamps, primary point gap, and contact breaker timing measurements.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 40\2\  Scan110
Date  24th April 1926 guessed
  
-5-

(14) Secondary milliamps :-
Maximum :- 17.0
Minimum :- 4.5

(15) Primary point gap after previous tests:- .014"

Primary point gap .010"
Contact breaker timing.

Table 1:
Left Side:
Make, Break
A.{Mr Adams} -5°, 108°
R.{Sir Henry Royce} 54.5°, 167°

Right Side:
Retard, Advance
Make. 55°, -5°
Break. 166°, 108°
Make. 234°, 175°
Break. 348°, 288°

Make ratio:- .628

Primary point gap :- .018"
Contact breaker timing.

Table 2:
Left Side:
Make, Break
A -1°, 102.5°
R 58.5°, 163°

Right Side:
Retard, Advance
Make. 58°, -1°
Break 162°, 102°
Make. 239°, 179°
Break. 344°, 283°

Make ratio :- .578

Handwritten:
Extreme variation of break ±3°
" " " make ±3°
contd.
  
  


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