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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 287

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ed. The value of both inertia and centrifugal force are most apparent when theyare permitted to act together, each supplying some qualities lacked by the other,and it is such a combination, which is most generally met in the design of shaftgovernors. To make the matter perfectly clear let us… … Fig. 7. motion permitted between the stop pins, the path of center of gravity of theweight is essentially radial. Such a weight, moving against the restraint ofa spring, would act under practically pure centrifugal force when the wheelis in motion. Fig. 6 shows a heavy bar, with weights at the…

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