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  2. Centrifugal governor - Wikipedia

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    Centrifugal governors are used in many modern repeating watches to limit the speed of the striking train, so the repeater does not run too quickly. Another kind of centrifugal governor consists of a pair of masses on a spindle inside a cylinder, the masses or the cylinder being coated with pads, somewhat like a centrifugal clutch or a drum brake.

  3. Governor (device) - Wikipedia

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    A governor, or speed limiter or controller, is a device used to measure and regulate the speed of a machine, such as an engine.. A classic example is the centrifugal governor, also known as the Watt or fly-ball governor on a reciprocating steam engine, which uses the effect of inertial force on rotating weights driven by the machine output shaft to regulate its speed by altering the input flow ...

  4. Ingersoll Rand - Wikipedia

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    Robert Gardner founded the Gardner Governor Company in 1859 in Quincy, Illinois and introduced the first effective speed controls for steam engines. [4] This innovation, known as the flyball governor, helped pave the way for the later production of other industrial products such as air compressors. By the turn of the century, the company had ...

  5. Talk:Centrifugal governor - Wikipedia

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    "Balls to the Wall" The phrase originates from the steam centrifugal governor. Since the spinning device could be dangerous, it was enclosed in a cylinder whose inside diameter matched the full speed of the device. When a steam engine, which used this governor, was pushed to full throttle it was said to be "balls to the wall."

  6. Woodward, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Woodward, Inc. is an American designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control systems and control system components (e.g. fuel pumps, engine controls, actuators, air valves, fuel nozzles, and electronics) for aircraft engines, industrial engines and turbines, power generation and mobile industrial equipment.

  7. Sorry, speeders: New bill would require speed-limiting ... - AOL

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    A new bill in the California Senate would require vehicles sold in the state to be equipped with speed governors to limit how fast they can go.

  8. California store owners who sold Mega Millions $1.22B jackpot ...

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    The owners of the California gas station who sold the fifth largest Mega Millions ticket in history on Friday were elated to learn their store had played a small part in the $1.22 billion jackpot ...

  9. Fly ball - Wikipedia

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    Fly ball governor, see centrifugal governor; Flyball, a dog sport This page was last edited on 28 December 2019, at 12:22 (UTC). Text is available under the ...