Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 412
to itsseat by the spring and cap shown. T, Fig. 147, is the flexible bearing, being entirelyfree to oscillate with the shaft. Its only purpose is toprevent the escape of steam when running non-con-densing, or the admission of air to the wheel case whenrunning condensing. The flexible shaft is made… … 402 ENGINEERING of the enormously high speed of this turbine iseliminated. The governor is of the centrifugal type, althoughdiffering greatly in detail from the ordinary fly ballgovernor, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 149. Itis connected directly to the end of the gear wheel shaft.Two…
