Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 287
ernor mechanism by causing the ballsto travel outward from the spindle upon the arc of a parabola.A parabola has the property that its subnormal is constant 250 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS, and equal to the parameter. The arms which connect theballs to the spindle can be made normals to… … a parabola, and a flexible connection unwrapping from thiscurve will compel the ball ^ to move upon a parabolic curve.No matter in what part of the arc of the parabola the ballsmay be revolving, as centrifugal force sends them out theheight h remains the same; whence it follows that the ballsare in…
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