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Elmer E. Woodward's state-of-the-art mechanical compensating type water wheel governor.

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To understand how this type of governor operates, read the Woodward manual DIRECTIONS for Connecting and operating VERTICAL MODEL GOVERNORS COMPENSATING TYPE.