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

1926 ads..jpg The Woodward Oil Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.ThumbnailsThe Woodward mill showing the water wheel at full power.The Woodward Oil Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.ThumbnailsThe Woodward mill showing the water wheel at full power.The Woodward Oil Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.ThumbnailsThe Woodward mill showing the water wheel at full power.The Woodward Oil Pressure Governor... A Governor that Responds Quickly and Accurately to Load Variations.ThumbnailsThe Woodward mill showing the water wheel at full power.

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