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rnoritself, we are confronted with certain underlying principles which must be dis-cribed before we are in a position to discuss actual governors. If we leave outof account clock escapements and fan and friction devices, practically allmechanism for the control of speed which are useful depend on… … Fig. 3. Pure Centrifugal Force. Fig. 6. Pure Inertia. tion, and which we call centrifugal force. If the mass is held to the axis bya spring, then as the speed varies, the position of the mass will vary, moving awayfrom the axis with increasing speed. The amount of travel will depend on thespeed…
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