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).
Letter from Scintilla Limited regarding the supply of magnetos and enclosing blueprints for various engine types.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 48\2\ Scan013 | |
| Date | 23th November 1922 | |
| X4187 Telephone: REGENT 1913. Telegrams: REACTANCE, LONDON. Please address all communications to the Company. Directors: G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} BONER (Swiss) J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} SCHNYDER (Swiss) A. {Mr Adams} C. EBORALL (Managing) SCINTILLA LIMITED. (Proprietors: BROWN, BOVERI & CO. LIMITED.) MAGNETOS - DYNAMOS - STARTERS. Garage and Stores: 8, LYALL MEWS, EATON SQUARE, S.W.1. Telephone: Victoria 5720. (Logo: THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS) TRAFALGAR HOUSE, WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON, S.W.1. Your Reference EPC/5/T. Our Reference S/97/Bu. 23rd November, 1922. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, We acknowledge, with thanks, your communication of the 22nd instant, and have pleasure in enclosing herewith our blueprint MA.1925, which gives all the dimensions of our type AP6 magneto suitable for small 6 cylinder engines, MA.1880 which is for our type AM6 magneto suitable for medium power engines, and MA.1191 for our largest type 6 cylinder magneto. We also enclose our booklet E3. With reference to the last paragraph of your letter, we beg to inform you that we can arrange to supply magnetos with automatic advance on almost all of our various types of machines, and this without increasing the overall dimensions of the normal type magneto. In the event of your wishing to carry out tests we should be pleased to supply you with the most suitable type of magneto, the only information which we would require being the bore and stroke of the engine, along with the maximum speed. For the automatic type we should require some further details, such as the magneto or engine speed at which you would require the We do not accept liability for any injury which may be caused by fire or otherwise to any property entrusted to us for any purpose and customers' cars are only driven by our Staff at owners' risk and responsibility. All estimates and quotations are subject to our confirmation upon acceptance, and to our current conditions of tender and sale. | ||