 | Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 582 pages
...is remedied by a contrivance called a governor. (See fig. 1. pi. XL.) — " Two balls are fixed to the ends of rods, in continual revolution, and as...little too rapid, the balls rise considerably," and, by the intervention of a lever, act upon a throttle-valve, which diminishes the quantity of steam admitted,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1826 - 606 pages
...by a contrivance called a governor. (See fig. 1. pl. XL.) — " Two balls are fixed to the ends ef rods, in continual revolution, and as soon as the...little too rapid, the balls rise considerably," and, by the intervention of a lever, act upon a throttle-valve, which diminishes the quantity of steam admitted,... | |
 | Robertson Buchanan - Machinery - 1841 - 582 pages
...evil is remedied by a contrivance called a governor. (Plate XIII. Fig. 1.) — "Two balls are fixed to the ends of rods, in continual revolution, and as...little too rapid, the balls rise considerably," and, by the intervention of a lever, act upon a throttle-valve*, which diminishes the quantity of steam... | |
 | Thomas Young - Science - 1845 - 660 pages
...directed to its centre, and always proportional to the distance from that. centre. (Plate II. Fig. 27.) The near approach of these revolutions to isochronism...the balls rise considerably, and turn a cock which diminishes the quantity of steam admitted. (Plate II. Fig. 28.) The same laws are applicable to many... | |
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Two balls are fixed to the ends of rods, in continual revolution, and as soon as the motion becomes a little too rapid, the balls rise considerably," and, by the intervention of a lever, act upon a throttle-valve*, which diminishes the quantity of steam... 