Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 656
flexible bearing, being entirely free tooscillate with the shaft. Its only purpose is to preventthe escape of steam when running non-condensing, or theadmission of air to the wheel case when running condens-ing. The flexible shaft is made very slender, as will beobserved by comparing its size with… … Fig. 273 644 Steam Engineering The governor is of the centrifugal type, although dif-fering greatly in detail from the ordinary fly ball governor,as will be seen by reference to Fig. 274. It is connecteddirectly to the end of the gear wheel shaft. Two weightsB are pivoted on knife edges A with…
