Governor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPEED/MECHANICAL/TURBINE
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0819.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ESCHER WYSS & CO.
- MODEL
- GOVERNOR 15
- LOCATION
- Zurich, Switzerland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 719283
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRONBODY/ BRONZE PIPES & PLAQUES/ SMALL PIPES & FITTINGS APPEAR TO BE OF BRASS/ DYNAMO GAUGE HAS BRASS PLATED RIMS & GLASS COVER/ WATER PRESSURE GAUGE HAS A SILVERED BRASS DIAL, OUTER HOUSING OF LACQUERED BRASS & GLASS COVER/ PORCELAIN PLUG SOCKET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 240.4 cm
- Width
- 101.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ESCHER
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Zurich
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - 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
-
This governor has been identified as used at the Adams Power Station at Niagara rather than in Healey Falls. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 2 MFR. PLAQUES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF BODY READ: 'ESCHER WYSS & Comp. U.S.P. JAN.27 1903 No 719283 Zurich-Switzerland'/ RAISED BLACK LETTERS ON BODY STATE: 'GOVERNOR NO 15'/ IN BLACK ON FACE OF SMALL GAUGE IS: 'H. BELFIELD & CO.PHILA.'/ ON BOTH SIDES OF LARGEST GAUGE IN BLACK IS: 'No 20735 SPEED OF DYNAMO Revolutions per Minute Ratio 250:5331/3', ON OUTLINE OF HORN WITH GAUGE SET IN END IS '[?TH.N]'/ PLAQUE ON MOTOR IS PARTLY OBSCURED BY DIRT READS: 'GENERAL GEELECTRIC D-C. MOTOR/ MODEL 5BA75BA21/ TYPE BA/ FRAME 75B/ HP.1/6/ WOUND SP. SER/ A..9/ V.230/ R.P.M. 1800/ TEMP. RISE/ TIME RATING/ [?] G/ N.P. 5[?] 918 SCHENECHADY N.Y. USA'
- Missing
- GLASS FROM OIL GAUGE/ SEVERAL SCREWS
- Finish
- BODY IS PAINTED BLACK/ SMALLER PIPES ARE BRASS COLOURED/ LARGER PIPES & PLAQUES ARE BRONZE COLOURED, SOME PIPES HAVE GREEN COPPER CORROSION IN RECESSES/ DYNAMO GAUGE HAS A CRAZED FACE, CLEAR GLASS COVERS, BRASS COLOURED RIMS & BLACK BODY/ WATER PRESSURE GAUGE HAS A TWO TONE BRASS & SILVER FACE, BLACK NEEDLE & BRASS COLOURED BODY/ WHITE PLUG SOCKET/ BLACK PLUG & WIRING/ SMALL MOTOR IS PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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ESCHER WYSS & CO., Governor, circa 1913, Artifact no. 1992.0819, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.0819.001/
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