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).
Explaining the function of the hand starting magneto as a backup system for battery ignition.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 37\3\ scan 013 | |
| Date | 9th June 1917 | |
| R.R. 236 B (380 H) (S.D. 442, 9-6-17) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 1966 -2- the hand starting magneto. This latter is retained as a means of always obtaining a start of battery ignition is run down. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||