Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 422
bosson the pendulum) change the posi-tion of the pendulum. This maybe termed a wedging action, andthough the slightest force actingon the weights is sufficient to affectthe position of the pendulum, thereverse is not true, and the weightsare undisturbed by the effort ofthe valve-gear on the… … Fig. 6.—Mcintosh and Seymour governor—details. 402 GOVERNORS. steel cup sat both ends. The cup in the weight is situated at the center of gravity, so thatthe centrifugal force is directly resisted by the spring in a frictionless manner. The doublespring will keep the tension on the weiglilt;…
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