The MUNCASTER steam-engine models - 8

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The MUNCASTERsteam- engine models - 8Continued from 16 May 1957, pages 700 to 702In this instalment EDGAR T. WESTBURY discusses governors and control gearSEVERALLof the engine designsin this series have includedgovernor gear, which is anecessary fitting for engines whichhave to maintain a fairly constantspeed under varying load conditionsand, in fact, practically any enginewhich is not under the constantsupervision of the all steam - engine governorsare of the centrifugal type, based onthe original pendulum governor ofJames Watt, and, in the earlier enginesat least, were usually made as a self-contained unit.

The MUNCASTER steam-engine models - 8 Continued from 16 May 1957, pages 700 to 702 In this instalment EDGAR T . WESTBURY discusses governors and control gear

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