Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 231
ll that it can do toadmit steam freely, but the variation in speed for which thegovernor is responsible is only that which will cause the weightsto move from the position of no steam to the position of fullsteam. When a small variation of speed is sufficient to do thisthe governor is said to be… … Fig. 139. designer aims at securing a governor which is stable and which atthe same time is sensitive enough to control the speed withinthe limits needed for the kind of work the engine is to do. It is absolutely necessary that a steam engine governor bestable and it is highly desirable that it be…
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