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The beginning of modern automatic control began, when James Watt in 1788 developed a mechanical device the flyball governor. 

The flyball governor maintained the speed of the steam engine automatically by controlling the opening and closing of the steam valve.  Mr. Watt believed that throttling a steam valve by a human being was not the best way to maintain a constant speed of the steam engine.

Now over 200 years latter modern control is widely used in our everyday life from appliances to cars to airplanes.  In this web page we will present the modern control for the Industrial and Process Control applications.

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