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The Woodward Oil Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.

1926 ads..jpg Elmer Woodward's governor designed and manufactured from patent number 1,106,434.ThumbnailsThe Woodward Oil- Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.Elmer Woodward's governor designed and manufactured from patent number 1,106,434.ThumbnailsThe Woodward Oil- Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.Elmer Woodward's governor designed and manufactured from patent number 1,106,434.ThumbnailsThe Woodward Oil- Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.Elmer Woodward's governor designed and manufactured from patent number 1,106,434.ThumbnailsThe Woodward Oil- Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.

Elmer Woodward patented this type of hydraulic governor in 1912 (patent number 1,106,434), the same year of this advertisement.