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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).
Secret memo about successfully reproducing a 'jagger' fault on a servo mechanism and a proposed fix.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 73\1\  scan0168
Date  23th May 1924
  
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To PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to BJ.
SECRET.
SERVO.
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG23. 5. 24.
We have been able to re-produce the jagger
on the servo which you complained of. It is the
first time we have experienced it and we believe the
adopted scheme will be free from this fault.
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  


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