Locomotive catechism; an up-to-date, practical and complete work on the locomotive--treating on the design, construction, repair and running of all kinds of locomotives .. (1908)
Grimshaw, Robert, 1850- [from old catalog] · New York, The N. W. Henley publishing company · leaf 820
e at all, its force and motion beingimparted to the wheel. Q. What controls the speed of this engine? A. A governor of the so-called centrifugal type, havingweights revolving about an axis and tending to separate withincrease of speed and close up towards the axis. They operate ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT.… … Fig. 437. Method of Smoothing Up the Commutator. Q. Suppose the speed should reach a point at which thegovernor could not control it? A. There would come into play a centrifugal brake, set toact at about 150 turns more than the governor. ALPHABETICAL INDEX. Illustrations are marked *. Look first…
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