Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 233
ensitive, and also bythe use of dashpots attached to the governor in such way as todampen its motion in case it is too sensitive. Some governors, on account of their form, are much moresensitive than others. It has been found that if the form ofgovernor is such that the weights, in rising, follow a… … Fig. 141. the column to check the movement of the weights. Other formsof sensitive governors are the Proll governor illustrated in Fig. 141and the Hartnell governor illustrated in Fig. 142. In the Hart-nell governor, the weights move in a practically horizontal pathand the controlling force is…
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