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 78
e. The arms A Aare connected together through the medium of the sliding sleeves D D, the sleeve D being united toarms A A by means of the rods E E, and sleeve B by means of the rods EE. FE are bracketson the arms A A, to which the ends of the rods EE are attached. These brackets are placed at… … spring /, to which the sleeve D is attached by means of clamps G. The tension of the spring isincreased or diminished at pleasure by turning the nut J, which moves the claw-collar K out or in,thus rendering the governor accordingly more or less sensitive, as desired. The collar K terminatesin a…
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