e governor keeps the engine constantlymoving at a regulated rate. 44. The manner in which the governor opens the throttle valvewill be still more easily understood by the aid of fig. 27. A small grooved wheel a b is attached to a vertical spindlesupported in pivots or sockets c and d, in which it… … the motion of the fly-wheel will give motion to the wheel a b, so-that the velocity of the one will be subject to all the changes inci-dental to the velocity of the other. By this means the speed ofthe grooved wheel a b may be considered as representing thespeed of the fly-wheel, and of the…
Steam-engines · Steam-navigation · Locomotives
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