| Title | Governors, 1788, 1790—1792, 1802, 1805, 1807, 1809, 1811—1814, 1823, 1824, 1832, 1841, 1856, not dated |
| Description | Components and Parts of Land Engines. (32 items). 1390. Governors. 1788, 1790-1792, 1802, 1805, 1807, 1809, 1811-1814, 1823, 1824, 1832, 1841, 1856, not dated. 32 items. 1788: "Centrifugal speed regulator" - drawing by John Southern, Nov. 1788. 1790s: Governor, Sep. 1790. Governor for engine BWS [Don Fernando de Torres] - reverse drawing, Feb. 1791. Plan and elevation of the governor for engine BWS [Don Fernando de Torres] - reverse drawing, Jun. 1792. 1800s: Governor for corn mill stones - direct copy and reverse drawings, Nov. 1802 [the original of this drawing was given to J. D. H. van Liender]. Sketch elevation and plan of the governor for the Soho rolling mill [Matthew Boulton], Dec. 1805. Supports and wheels for governors for 20 horse engines - reverse drawing, Nov. 1807. Governor and apparatus for 8 and 10 horse engines - coloured reverse drawing, May 1809. Governor and support for 50 horse engines - reverse drawing, Dec. 1809. 1810s: Governor for 24 to 36 horse engines - partially coloured drawing, Mar. 1811. Governor for 40 to 53 horse engines - partially coloured reverse drawing, Mar. 1811. Governor for 14 to 20 horse engines - partially coloured reverse drawing, Mar. 1811. Parts of governor gearing for various powers of engine - partially coloured original and reverse drawings, Mar. 1811. Governors etc. for 14 to 20, 24 to 36 and 40 to 53 horse engines - partially coloured drawing, Dec. 1812. Governor and gearing for 6 horse engines - partially coloured reverse drawing, Sep. 1813 [copy made in Sep. 1827]. Governor and frame for 100 horse engines - reverse drawing, May 1814. [Used for the Plate Glass Co., 1838.] 1820s: Part of governor work for 20 horse engine - press copy sketch, Mar. 1823. "Mr. Ewart's governor gearing as executed" - drawing by James Fairweather, Jul. 1824. Views of the governor and its gearing for 80 horse engines - partially coloured drawing, Dec. 1824. Parts of the governor gearing etc. for 80 horse engines - partially coloured reverse drawing, Dec. 1824. 1832: Governor and gearing for 20 horse independent engines - partially coloured reverse drawing, Mar. 1832. 1841: Governor, gearing and throttle valve gearing for 40 horse engine, Andrew & George Murray - partially coloured reverse drawing, Mar. 1841. 1856: Details of governor and throttle valve gearing for 10 horse independent engines - partially coloured drawing, Oct. 1856. Not dated: Small sketch of a governor. Sketch of a governor and throttle valve connection. Sketch scheme for governor for 80 horse engines. Governor and gearing etc. - partially coloured drawing, incomplete [?]. Tracing of the drawing of the "centrifugal speed regulator" drawing of Nov. 1788. Tracing of the drawing of a governor of Sep. 1790. Tracing of the drawing of a governor etc. of 20 horse engines of Dec. 1812.
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