Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 228
of gravity. When the engine is runningat constant speed the weights take up a position in which theforce of gravity, or other controlling force, just balances the cen- GOVERNING 213 trifugal force. If the speed of the engine is increased or decreasedthe weights take up a new position in which the… … Fig. 137. Fig. 137. This is a throttling governor since it acts upon athrottle valve and thus controls the pressure of the steam ad-mitted to the cylinder. In the governor illustrated here theopening A is connected to the steam chest and the opening Bconnected to the steam pipe leading from the…
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