Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 189
moves the eccentric in the oppositedirection, lengthening the cut-off and admitting a greater volumeof steam to the cylinder. The amount of centrifugal force acting on the weight, C,increases with an increase in speed and decreases with a decreasein speed of the engine. If, on account of an… … FiG. 108. trie, n, away from the center of the shaft, a; thus cut-off wouldbe made later and an increased amount of steam would beadmitted to the engine to make it go faster. So, also, if onaccount of a decrease in the load the speed of the engine should in-crease, the centrifugal force would…
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