Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 308
the speed falls. This hasbeen a very fruitful field for governor designs, and successfulspindle-governors and all shaft-governors depend on this prin-ciple. They approach isochronism more closely because thetension of the spring can be made to increase as the centrifu-gal acceleration increases, so… … Fig. 211. Fig. 212. ners and Wrights, Fig. 213. In Pickerings governors thejointed link of the typical fly-ball spindle-governor is replaced 254 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. by a flat steel blade to which the balls are secured rigidly-through their centre of gravity. There are usually…
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