Reid Gyroscopic Engine Governor, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-10-21
name: label: inventor
content: Reid, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to Joseph Reid, Monroe, Louisiana, October 21, 1879, no. 220867.
label: Description
content: This model represents a hollow vertical spindle geared to be driven by the engine. Pivoted at the top of the spindle is a gyroscopic wheel, which ordinarily rests at an inclination to the spindle but when rotated is acted upon by gyroscopic and centrifugal forces tending to swing the axis of the wheel to the vertical. The changes in position of the wheel follow changes in velocity of the wheel, so that by suitable connections of the axis of the wheel to a governor valve the device will control the speed of the engine to which it is attached.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: This description comes from the 1939 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States Museum Bulletin 173 by Frank A. Taylor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Louisiana, Monroe
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Monroe
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Bulletin 173
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.309242
label: catalog number
content: 309242
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 220,867
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, governor, engine
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 31.115 cm x 13.6525 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 12 in x 6 in x 5 in; 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm