The Governor: Controlling the Power of Steam Machines
$89.37
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2021
Summary
Taming the Steam: A History of the Centrifugal Governor
Power unleashed is only potential; true mastery lies in control. Long after the steam engine’s invention, the quest for consistent power application consumed engineers. The centrifugal governor emerged as the key to precision, its origins tracing back to 17th-century Holland and Christiaan Huygens’ innovations in pendulum clocks and windmill controls. Even today, governors remain integral to sophisticated machinery, albeit in e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399090889 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399090887 |
| Author: | Hannavy, John |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Transport |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.07kg |
| Dimensions: | 282mm x 216mm |
About The Author
Hannavy, John
John Hannavy is a writer and photographer with a passion for engineering history. His work regularly appears in heritage magazines. A retired academic, he has written extensively on railways and other forms of transport, steam-powered machines, the history of photography, and the industrial development of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and was Centenary President of the British Institute of Professional Photography, whose Fellowship he also holds. His 2020 book Transporter Bridges -an illustrated history is also published by Pen & Sword.
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