147. Steam engine governor. The operation is as follows:—On engine starting the spindle revolves and carries round the cross-head to which fans are attached, and on which are also fitted two friction-rollers which bear on two circular inclined planes attached securely to the center shaft, the cross-head being loose on the shaft. The cross-head is made heavy, or has a ball or other weight attached, and is driven by the circular inclined planes. As the speed of the center shaft increases, the resistance of the air to the wings tends to retard the rotation of the cross-head; the friction-rollers therefore run up the inclined planes and raise the cross-head, to the upper part of which is connected a lever operating upon the regulating-valve of the engine.