Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 312
lagging behind or overrunning the normal speed.At the normal speed a weighted lever occupies a certain posi- GOVERNORS FOR STEAM-ENGINES. 257 tion between the stops shown in the cut in equilibrium withthe spring tension, which at rest would hold it against one ofthem. When the load varies the speed… … Fig. 2150.regained. This can also be done by mounting the weightedarm nearer the circumference of the fly-wheel, or balancing thedrag or lag of the weight due to inertia by a proper spring.Fig. 216 shows a construction of this sort. The instability of inertia-governors, which is the conse-quence of…
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