Shaft Governors - Paperback

by Hubert E. Collins (Author)

Originally published in 1908, this book is made up from material originally published in Power, together with some special articles which have been prepared to make it a complete handbook of the subject. Topics covered include evolution of the shaft governor, general definitions and rules, adjusting the Rites Inertia Governor, The Buckeye Engine Governor and its adjustment, straight-line engine governor, the ideal engine governor, the Fitchburg steam-engine governor, the American-Ball balanced automatic governor, Curtis steam turbine governors, and changing the speed of pendulum governors.