Steam engines; a thorough and practical presentation of modern steam engine practice (1917)
Ludy, Llewellyn V., 1875-, American Technical Society · Chicago, American technical society · leaf 168
which are called shaft governors becausethey are placed on the main shaft, are made in many forms, but theiressential features are the same. Two pivoted masses or weightsare arranged symmetrically on opposite sides of the shaft and theirtendency to fly outward when the speed increases is resisted… … Fig. 93. Diagram Showing Action of Buckeye Shaft Governor the eccentric, either by changing the eccentricity or the angularadvance. Shaft governors are made in a great variety of ways, no twobeing exactly alike. If the principles of a few types are understood,it is easy to understand others.…
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