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Record 1 2001-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

//later mills were fitted with governors. They were usually belt-driven weights which centrifugal force pushed out from their base as speed increased, and adjusted the stones automatically.

CONT

As this governor goes faster or slower, it automatically raises or lowers the runner stone fractionally by means of a steelyard running to the brayer above the tentering screw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

Appareil qui règle automatiquement l'écartement des meules en fonction de la vitesse de rotation de la meule courante.

Spanish

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