Abstract
IN NATURE, vol. xxiii. p. 61, a speed governor for a chronograph is described, the invention of the Astronomer-Royal, in which a conical pendulum acts on a paddle moving in a viscous fluid, so as to make it dip more deeply into the fluid when the speed is increased. A similar apparatus, with a spring instead of a pendulum, has recently been applied by me to a clock driving a recording seismograph whose motion is required to be continuous and fairly uniform. As the apparatus is very simple and easily made, requiring no nice fitting, and has proved itself to be a very effective governor, a description of it may perhaps be useful.
Article PDF
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
EWING, J. A Speed Governor for Continuous Motion . Nature 23, 473 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023473a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/023473a0