Cataract (beam engine) | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 05/07/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataract_(beam_engine)


00:00:19 1 Operation
00:03:39 2 Development
00:03:48 2.1 Early cataracts
00:04:30 2.2 Watt
00:05:07 2.3 Later cataracts
00:05:53 3 Open loop control
00:06:53 3.1 Synchronisation
00:07:16 3.2 Centrifugal governor



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SUMMARY
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A cataract was a speed governing device used for early single-acting beam engines, particularly atmospheric engines and Cornish engines.
The cataract is distinctly different from the centrifugal governor, in that it does not control the speed of the engine's stroke, but rather the timing between strokes.