We mean James Watt, the great improver of the steam engine—that wonderful motor which has not inaptly been called tfce iron apostle of civilization. This is not his natal day fcut it is the ...

Pioneers like Thomas Newcomen and James Watt created ever-improving steam engines. Over time, horses fell by the wayside as people took to this new mode of transportation.

Fifty years before James Watt came on the scene Thomas Newcomen built practical steam engines to pump water out of mines. What is known of these engines and how did they influence later ones?

The engine was built around the time of Watt's death in 1819 and it was moved to the site in 1839-40. James Watt's inventions meant that the steam engine became much more economical to use and ...

Scotland's History Enlightenment and Empire James Watt's steam engine The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

Import tariffs helped Britain industrialise but the US job crisis is due to automation and tariffs won't fix that. The real ...

Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt patents his design for the first practical steam engine, paving the way for the mechanized production of the Industrial Revolution. Asa Whitney presents a ...

DOM:'When he grew up, he became a mechanical engineer and started to eagerly explore how steam engines worked.' DICK:'James Watt's genius was to take the steam engine an invention that had been ...

This measurement has been around since the 18th century, when inventor James Watt ... of his innovative steam engine design. With the help of assistant John Desaguliers, Watt estimated that ...

In 1777 he walked from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to follow his dream of working with Matthew Boulton and James Watt. They employed him as an erector of steam engines in Cornwall ...

The King, His Ministers, and many of the Nobles and Commoners of the Realm raised this monument to JAMES WATT who, directing the force of an original Genius, early exercised in philosophic research, ...