The Governor: Controlling the Power of Steam Machines
$105.05
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2021
Summary
Power without control is unusable power, and long after the invention of the steam engine, finding ways of applying that power to tasks where consistency was of paramount importance was the ‘Holy Grail’ which many steam engineers sought to find. It was the centrifugal governor which brought precision to the application of steam power, and its story can be traced back to 17th century Holland and Christiaan Huygens’ development of both the pendulum clock and system controls for windmills, and g…
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: | 1.06kg |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 290mm x 223mm |
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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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