Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 71
melength as those connecting them to the spindle. If such a governor is revolving freely, the height 2 IF + Bwill be to the height of an ordinary pendulum governor as 1 is to — ; in which expression W is the central weight, and B the weight of the two balls. Thus, if the weight of the balls is 10(1… … principle as Porters, but the position of the balls is controlled by springs of a peculiar form, insteadof by weights. These two governors may be considered as representative of the best modern prac-tice in regard to pendulum governors, although there are various modifications introduced by…
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