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The steam-engine and other heat-motors (1909)

Creighton, William Henry Paul, 1859- · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 358

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tructed that h is constant for different radii of action ofthe balls, then N becomes constant also. For example, three dif-ferent simple pendulum-governors having the same cone height ACybut the lever-arms of different lengths as shown, would all revolvein the same time, for, in that case, iV2/i =… … Fig. 173. Fig. 174. proximately is found by crossing the arms of the governor-ballsand making use of auxiliary arms, so that the balls in ascendingdescribe an approximate parabola instead of the circle.

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