Important early studied examples of self-oscillation include the centrifugal governor and railroad wheels.
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Third is the centrifugal governor, used to automatically regulate the speed of the engine.
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Non-rotative beam engines also had no easy means to drive a centrifugal governor.
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Centrifugal governors are also used in many modern striking train, so the repeater doesn't run too quickly.
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To accomplish this, the centrifugal governor is linked to a pair of cams, one for each admission valve.
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Adjustments in power output are made by slowly raising the droop curve by increasing the spring pressure on a centrifugal governor.
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The use of the centrifugal governor by James Watt in 1788 to regulate the speed of his steam engine was one factor leading to the Industrial Revolution.
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As the load on mill engines and similar uses could vary, closed-loop control such as the engine speed-based centrifugal governor was also needed.
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These were widely used in constant speed variable load stationary engines, with admission cutoff, and therefore torque, mechanically controlled by a centrifugal governor and trip valves.
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Johnson continued to refine the motor during this period, externalizing the motor and leveraging a triple ball based centrifugal governor design to maintain a constant rate of speed.