Sur la theorie generale des regulateurs. In: Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, Vol. 83, 1876, p.318-320 [THEORY OF AUTOMATIC REGULATION; AUTOMATIC REGULATION; INFORMATION THEORY, Full Volume]
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. 1st Edition. In 1876 and working independently of Maxwell, Vyshnegradsky “developed stability criteria of steam engine governors” (Engineering Department University of Illinois). His work explained “the conditions of stability [and criteria] of a steam engine equipped with a direct-action centrifugal regulator” (DSB, XIV, 105-106). As well, Vyshnegradsky’s..... More