By J. CLERK MAXWELL, MA, FRSS.L. & E. Received Feb. 20, 1868. AG overnor is a part of a machine by means of which the velocity of the machine is kept nearly uniform, notwithstanding variations in the drivingpower or the resistance. Most governors depend... Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page 269by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868Full view - About this book
| 1868 - 1022 pages
...Chair. THE following communication was read : — "On Governors." By J. Clerk Maxwell, MA, FRSS.L. & E. A governor is a part of a machine by means of which...against a surface or moves the piece, and so acts on a break or a Talve. * The specific heats of iron, cobalt, and nickel are nearly the same, being each... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 654 pages
...: — I. " On Governors." By J. CLERK MAXWELL, MA, FRSS.L. & E. Received Feb. 20, 1868. AG overnor is a part of a machine by means of which the velocity...against a surface or moves the piece, and so acts on a break or a valve. In one class of regulators of machinery, which we may call moderators *, the resistance... | |
| Andras Gedeon - 2006 - 562 pages
...Maxwell establishes the foundations of control theory. Introducing his analyses, he starts by saying: "A Governor is a part of a machine by means of which...variations in the driving-power or the resistance" He continues: "I propose at present, without entering into any details of the mechanism, to direct... | |
| Rudolf Seising - 2007 - 412 pages
...differential equations for a closed control circuit. He titled this paper On Governors and in it he defines: A "governor" is a part of a machine by means of which...notwithstanding variations in the driving-power or the resistance.57 Wiener, whose book Extrapolation, Interpolation, and Smoothing of Stationary Time Series... | |
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