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 73
e collar d, will partially close the throttle-valve and diminish the supply of Bteam, when,the motion being checked, the spring ill press down the collar and cause the balls to collapseuntil the desired rate of motion is obtained. The degree of force exerted by the spring will alwaysrequire to be… … while the speed should in each case be the same; which conditions can be fulfilled with great facilityand admirable precision by the use of this kind of governor. Fig. 2204 represents a simple and compact modification of the centrifugal governor. Here theballs, instead of being suspended upon arms…
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