Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 450
the toe of one of the weights; on this outer eccentricring is placed the usual eccentric strap, to which is directlyattached the valve rod. To avoid confusion, these are notshown in the cut. Shaft Governors 437 It will be seen that when the engine is running at itsgreatest velocity the weights, due… … Fig. 160aemington and sims shaft governor eccentricity of the two combined eccentrics is then the dis-tance shown at A, in the cut. Taking now the other extreme position shown in Fig.160 when the engine has its heaviest load, requiring latercut off. The position of the weights will then be as…
