 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 646 pages
...communications were read : — T. " On Governors." By J. CLERK MAXWELL, MA, FRSS.L. & E. Received Feb. 20, 1868. A Governor is a part of a machine by means of which...against a surface or moves the piece, and so acts on n 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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A Governor 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. 