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Keywords: Pickering governor (Rankin Kennedy, Modern Engines, Vol IV).jpg A centrifugal throttling governor for steam engines similar to the well-known Watt governor In a Pickering governor the multiple linkages of the Watt or Porter governor are replaced by flat springs thus avoiding the many pin joints and the risk that they will wear and become slack in operation Pickering governors |