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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).
List of formulas related to primary, condenser, secondary, and contact breaker components.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 69\1\  scan0005
Date  30th April 1924 guessed
  
-5- Contd.

PRIMARY, CONDENSER & SECONDARY.

Approx. period of oscillatory current
components in primary and secondary T"= 2π√((1-η)LK{L. King})
(secs).

Radio wave length (metres). VT"

Damping coefficient. u = (RL' + mR'L) / (2(1-η)LL')

Decrement uT"

Damping factor

Maximum amplitude of primary current.
oscillation (amperes). C' / √(1-η)

Maximum amplitude of secondary current
oscillation (amperes). (M/L') * (C' / √(1-η))

Comparative amplitude of secondary
oscillation. (1/L') * √(LK{L. King})

CONTACT BREAKER, SECONDARY & CORE.

Number of flux interlinkages at
break. 10⁸ MC'

Maximum initial value of arc or dying
away component. MC' / L'

Maximum quantity of electricity discharged
per break (micro-coulombs).
(arc component on indefinitely small 10⁶ * (MC' / R)
gap).
  
  


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