Editing Centrifugal governor (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Governor Memorial to Boulton and Watt (3549047844).jpg|thumb|right|upright|Governor-inspired Memorial to Boulton and Watt in Smethwick.]]
A giant statue of Watt's governor stands at [[Smethwick]] in the [[England|English]] [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]].

A centrifugal governor is part of the city seal of [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]], New Hampshire in the US and is also used on the city flag. A 2017 effort to change the design was rejected by voters.<ref>[https://granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2017/11/07/manchester-city-flag-celebrates-one-coolest-inventions-industrial-revolution-want-change/ Granite Geek: "Manchester city flag celebrates one of the coolest inventions from the Industrial Revolution – happily, they won’t change it"]</ref>

A stylized centrifugal governor is also part of the coat of arms of the [[Swedish Work Environment Authority]].

In Liu Cixin's science fiction novel [[Death's End|Death's End (from the "Three-Body" series)]], the steam engine centrifugal governor is used as a metaphor for [[Speed of light|"constant speed" (the speed of light)]] . <ref>{{Cite book |last=Liu |first=Cixin |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/936360629 |title=Death's end |date=2016 |isbn=978-0-7653-7710-4 |oclc=936360629}}</ref>