This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...shaft governor shown in Fig. 15, or the link gear in Fig. 17, would admit of such a percentage of load being put on or taken off, without a variation in the speed of more than 1 per cent. In the tests he had made the engines were in all cases driven with their maximum load at a definite speed, and with full admission, and no governor control at all, i.e., with the balls in their lowest position; then, the variation was that shown where all the load was taken off, and the governor alone controlled. With regard to Mr. Raworth"s remarks, comparative tests of English and American governors were given in Table I, p. 215. He had no doubt as to the accuracy of the results, but did not give the name of the American governor, because the tests were not carried out under the...