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[[File:Boulton and Watt centrifugal governor-MJ.jpg|thumb|upright|The Watt-type [[centrifugal governor]] at the Science Museum, London.]]

{{Details|Centrifugal governor}}

According to the Science Museum, it was the first steam engine to be fitted with a [[centrifugal governor]].<ref name="Science-Museum-1861-46"/>{{efn|The earlier [[Whitbread Engine]] of 1785, and the 1786 engine at the [[National Museum of Scotland]] also hashave a centrifugal governor.}}

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