A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 1179
s motion. Steam is suppliedfrom the boiler to the cylinder by the steam pipe S. Thethrottle-valve T in that pipe, near the cylinder, is regulatedby a system of levers connected with the governor Q. Thisgovernor is an apparatus consisting of two heavy balls at-tached to the ends of rods which are… … proportional to that of the fly-wheel, and of the machinerydriven by it. If by reason of too rapid a supply of steam anundue speed be imparted to the fly-wheel, the balls arewhirled round with a corresponding velocity; and by rea-son of their centrifugal force they recede from the verticalspindle…
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