Governor part
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0819.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- GOVERNOR 15
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass and glass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 32.0 cm
- Height
- 118.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Taken from curatorial worksheet "Fait partie de la collection Hydro-Ontario. Cette collection acquise par le musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada en 1992 documente la culture matérielle de l’histoire de l’électricité et ses usages. Provient de la station Edward Dean Adams située à Niagara Falls. Part of the Ontario Hydro Collection. This collection was acquired by the CSTM in 1992. It documents the material culture of the history of electricity and its uses." - Function
-
A GOVERNOR IS USED TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF ANOTHER DEVICE IE. THE PRIME MOVER/ GOVERNOR KEEPS THE PRIME MOVERS SPEED AT DESIRED REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE/ THE SPEED OF THE PRIME MOVER IS REGULATED BY VARYING THE FLOW OF ENERGY TO IT THUS ENABLING ITS SPEED TO REMAIN CONSTANT REGARDLESS OF LOAD - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Print on gauge face "ELDERFIELD-HARTSHORN HDWE. CO./ NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y." and "TRADE MARK/ THE A.M. CO./ NEW YORK/ 1876/ SOLID DRAWN TUBE/ WARRANTEED". The scale on the gauge is from 0 to 75".
- Missing
- Unknown
- Finish
- Brass frame, gauge, levers and knobs. Gauge has a glass face with black print.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Governor part, circa 1913, Artifact no. 1992.0819, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0819.002/
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