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Born in 1736 Died in 1819.
Invented the [Centrifugal Governor]? to regulate the speed of a steam engine.
A Scottish Engineer who helped greatly of the development of the embryonic steam engine into a viable and economic means of power generation.
He lived and worked in Birmingham.
The unit of power is named after him.

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