Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 188
city and greater angle of advance, andthe cut-off occurring at C. The manner in which a swinging eccentric on an automatichigh speed engine is operated by the governor is illustrated inFig. 108. The eccentric with the slot and shaft, a, is shown at R.This is fastened to a plate T which is pivoted… … Fig. 107. the weight, C, is acted upon by centrifugal force which causesit to move outward from the center of the flywheel. The out-ward movement of the weight is resisted by the spring E so thatfor any particular speed the weight C will move outward untilthe resisting force of the spring just…
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