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Governor for Steam-Engines. (open access)

Governor for Steam-Engines.

Patent for a governor for steam-engines that provides "an automatic governing device controlled by the speed, and hence, by the load of the engine, in order to maintain uniformity of movement under variations of load" (lines 10-14).
Date: January 15, 1895
Creator: Johnson, Billie
System: The Portal to Texas History