Brass machinery plate..any ideas?

[NEPA History]

Found this brass plate yesterday, was wondering if anyone knew anything about it. Found on an 1840s farmhouse permission. Plate reads .

JUDSONS GOV. VALVE
MANUFACTURED
NO (?) AT
ROCHESTER N.Y.
PAT'D NOV. 5 1850

It's obviously for some kind of governing valve off a piece of machinery, but not sure what. Whatever it's from, definitely a cool find and happy to have found it! Any ideas or information would be appreciated. Thanks, and good luck out there!

 

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[DCMatt]

It's from a steam engine governor.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US7755

 

[NEPA History]

It's from a steam engine governor.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US7755

That's great information, THANK YOU for that! Must have been some steam driven farm equipment. Neat piece of history.

 

[DCMatt]

That's great information, THANK YOU for that! Must have been some steam driven farm equipment. Neat piece of history.

Likely from a "portable" engine. These things were hardly portable by today's standards but revolutionized farming in the 19th C.

This one is from 1876. I have circled the governor. It's a "fly-ball" type. The 1850 version was a valve type.

 

[cjon455]

WOW Awesome research here, that's a really cool piece of history Angelo!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[NEPA History]

WOW Awesome research here, that's a really cool piece of history Angelo!

That's why I decided to post it here Chris, I knew someone would have an idea. That was a cool yard we got to do!

 

[NEPA History]

Likely from a "portable" engine. These things were hardly portable by today's standards but revolutionized farming in the 19th C.

This one is from 1876. I have circled the governor. It's a "fly-ball" type. The 1850 version was a valve type.

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Thanks again, that's some awesome information! Really appreciate your time and effort! Very cool piece of history.