Picture No | 10017870 |
Date | circa 1785 |
Description | Steam Engine - Governor |
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Governor, or 'Fly-Ball Governor', invented by James Watt to regulate the supply of steam in order to preserve a nearly fixed engine speed
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Source | Robert H.Thurston, A History Of The Growth Of The Steam Engine, 1887 page 115 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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