Platt & Co. v. United States

The merchandise involved in this case is Áspinalí governors. Their function is expressed in the language of a witness, the truthfulness of whose testimony is not controverted. He said, referring to a governor of this class, that—

it is a device to control'the shaft; that is, the propeller shaft. ■ As the ship rises out of the sea if they can not control it why the propeller races itself to destruction. You see it is arranged — the propeller is arranged to get a certain speed from the resistance of the waves, and soon as it is exposed it would race itself. * * • * so soon as it goes above a…