Variable Speed Governor
notes: label: Description
content: Charles Greeley Abbot, the scientist who served as Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, designed a governor that would counterbalance the effect of gravity at all orientations. He received a U.S. patent on the form (2,367,254) in 1941.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314888
label: catalog number
content: 314888
label: accession number
content: 211900
objectType: label: Object Name
content: governor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 6 in x 5 in; 12.7 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/16 in x 5 3/4 in x 5 in; 13.49375 cm x 14.605 cm x 12.7 cm