What happened in the 1650s?
⚙️ 1659: Huygens' centrifugal governor - Christiaan Huygens invents this mechanism, crucial for controlling the speed of machines.
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Further Reading
- Centrifugal governor - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- On Governors. Introduction | by Hasan Kılıç - Medium (medium.com)
- Governor | Brixton Windmill & Education Centre (brixtonwindmill.org)
- Remaking History: James Watt and the Flyball Governor - Make: (makezine.com)
- A Short History of Centrifugation - Eppendorf Canada (eppendorf.com)
- Centrifugal governors were invented by Christiaan | Chegg.com (chegg.com)
- Christiaan Huygens Makes Fundamental Contributions to ... (encyclopedia.com)
- The Governor – controlling the power of steam machines (co.uk)
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mechanics: The Science of Machinery (gutenberg.org)
- THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL INVENTORS OF ALL TIME (wordpress.com)