A catechism of the steam engine and its various applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture (1876)
Bourne, John, civil engineer. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 30
until its vertical height is such that a pendulum of that lengthwould perform two vibrations for every revolution of the gover-nor. By the outward niotion of the arms, they partially shutoff the steam from the engine. If, therefore, a certain expan-sion of the balls be desired, and a certain length… … pendulum equal in length to the height of the cone wouldm.ake of vibrations. The rule is, multiply the square rootof the height of the cone in inches by 0-31986, and the 16 OPERATION OF THE GOVERNOR. product will be the right time of revolution in secoiicls. Ifthe number of revolutions and the…
Steam engineering · Steam-engines
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