| 单词 | James Watt |
| 例句 | Technological advances seem to come disproportionately from a few very rare geniuses, such as Johannes Gutenberg, James Watt, Thomas Edison, and the Wright brothers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z South, and James Watt’s 1769 invention of his steam engine to solve the problem of pumping water out of British coal mines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For instance, we are regularly told, “James Watt invented the steam engine in 1769,” supposedly inspired by watching steam rise from a teakettle’s spout. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A conservative Republican congressman asked the secretary of the interior, James Watt, to withhold approval for the memorial. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z James Watt and the Newcomen steam engine, on which his invention was based. From the archive, 21 August 1856: In praise of...scientists of the industrial age 2012-08-21T06:30:00Z But that didn't stop the visionary sculptor behind this piece of extraordinary silliness dedicated to James Watt. Where not to spend your bank holiday: a guide to Britain's worst days out 2011-08-20T23:06:23Z As has been the case in his other books, he draws on the stories of people familiar to the casual reader — like Henry Ford, James Watt and Benjamin Franklin. A History of the Energy We Have Consumed 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Also during the festival, on May 20, Historic Environment Scotland will lead tours around the estate, which includes a cottage once used by James Watt, the inventor and engineer. A Year of Cultural Celebrations in Europe 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Experiments, digital projections and pyrotechnics in a family show based on the work of the likes of Sir Isaac Newton and James Watt. This week's new events 2011-01-29T00:06:33Z James Watt, CEO of the Scottish brewer BrewDog, said the company worked with German brewer Schorschbräu to create the beer, named Strength in Numbers. 'Strongest beer in the world' sells out in 1 day after rival brewers work together 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z This expert working of metal is traced back to James Watt and his development of the steam engine. Under Modernity’s Hood: Precision Engineering 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The elegant drawings of James Watt and other engineers are often admired for their clarity and logic, but the view was not so rosy on the ground. The Arts of Industry in the Age of?Enlightenment by Celina Fox | Book review 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z Or follow the Heritage Trail to see where the Scottish inventor and engineer James Watt lived, and where Washington Irving wrote “Rip Van Winkle.” 36 Hours: Birmingham, England 2012-01-26T18:29:09Z James Watt, 85, the Reagan administration’s sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary who was admired by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists, Beach Boys fans and eventually the president, died in Arizona on May 27. This week’s passages 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z We should not overlook James Watt’s acrid bequest to Republican Party politics. Column: A farewell to James G. Watt, environmental vandal and proto-Trumpian 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Lives Lived: As President Reagan’s interior secretary, James Watt sparked a national debate over the use of public lands. Another Indictment 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Michael McCloskey, head of the Sierra Club, said, “Only James Watt could fail to see the difference between Hermann Goering and John Muir,” the naturalist Sierra Club founder. James G. Watt, Interior Secretary Under Reagan, Dies at 85 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z James Watt, the Reagan administration’s sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary who was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists, Beach Boys fans and eventually the president, has died. James Watt, sharp-tongued and pro-development Interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z By 1776, British factories were powering some of their operations with improved steam engines designed by the Scottish engineer James Watt. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z We are all poorer for James Watt’s time on Earth. Column: A farewell to James G. Watt, environmental vandal and proto-Trumpian 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The first steam train puffed along the tracks in Darlington more than 50 years after the steam engine was patented by James Watt. AI creator on the risks, opportunities and how it may make humans 'boring' 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z The affair became public back in 1981, when Ronald Reagan’s newly minted Interior secretary, James Watt — once known for suing the department he went on to lead — was testifying before a House committee. Opinion: How a misreading of the Bible fuels many Americans' apathy about climate change 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z But after Ronald Reagan became president in 1981 — and James Watt, a longtime foe of the conservation movement, became his interior secretary — federal contracts for the the brothers’ programs became few and far between. There were few Black historic landmarks. Two brothers changed that. 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z James Watt said he made "some costly mistakes" in a promotion which offered people the chance to find a solid gold can hidden in cases in 2021. Brewdog boss pays out £500,000 in gold can row 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The regulator banned the adverts with BrewDog boss James Watt admitting the firm had got the campaign "wrong". BrewDog fruity beer ad banned over five-a-day claim 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Shops are permitted to no longer accept £20 Adam Smith and £50 notes featuring the portraits of Matthew Boulton and James Watt from Saturday. King Charles: New coins featuring monarch's portrait unveiled 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z If you're heading to the Alexander Stadium for the athletics, the shuttle will pick you up and dropped off on the James Watt Queensway, near the law courts in Birmingham city centre. Birmingham Commonwealth Games: How can I get to events? 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The notes going out of circulation feature Adam Smith, a Scottish economist who wrote a seminal text on capitalism, and the industrialist-inventors Matthew Boulton and James Watt. Britain to pull $18B in bank notes as it switches from paper to polymer 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Also being withdrawn is the paper £50 note which shows the manufacturers Matthew Boulton and James Watt. Just 100 days left to spend paper £20 and £50 notes 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Former Brewdog worker Rob McKay said private investigators from a company called Integritas, who said they were working for James Watt, visited a former colleague of his in an attempt, he says, "to dig dirt". Brewdog approached Heineken about partial sale 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Brewdog boss James Watt has set out plans to give away nearly a fifth of his equity stake to the firm's staff. Brewdog boss James Watt plans to give staff 20% of his stake 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z James Watt, the steam engineer, was involved with colonial commerce in Glasgow in the 1750s and 1760s, including the trafficking of a black child named only as Frederick. Glasgow's statues have connections to the Atlantic slave trade 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z James Watt, a mathematical instrument maker at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, thought about the problem for two years. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z James Watt declined to be interviewed for the BBC Disclosure programme. Brewdog chief James Watt accused of inappropriate behaviour 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z In a social media post on Wednesday, Brewdog CEO James Watt admitted to "taking shortcuts" with the process. Brewdog flouted US laws over beer imports 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z And, in a separate post on Linkedin, James Watt, chief executive and founder of Brewdog, said he took "personal responsibility" for the shortcomings. Most staff enjoy working at Brewdog, say bosses 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The slightly battered old statue of the inventor James Watt on Glasgow Green stands a couple of miles from the city's modern Science Centre. COP26: Antarctic air from 1765 frozen in glass 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z He joins the Aberdeenshire brewing firm to stabilise it ahead of a stock exchange float, and as mentor to its chief executive, James Watt. BrewDog appoints 'blue-chip reputation' chairman 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Company boss James Watt posted the ad on Twitter and Linkedin and included a rebuke to the advertising watchdog for its "pretty meta" move. Brewdog reposts banned beer advert on LinkedIn 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z They claimed that the firm was built around a "cult of personality" of founders James Watt and Martin Dickie. Ex-Brewdog staff allege 'culture of fear' at brewer 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z It was followed by a Tweet from co-founder James Watt announcing the hotel's location in Market Street. Brewdog reveals plans for beer-themed hotel in Edinburgh 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z “I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns,” Ronald Reagan’s interior secretary, the Christian fundamentalist James Watt, said. Perspective | The GOP has a long history of ignoring science. Trump turned it into policy. 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Greenock's most famous son is James Watt, whose improved steam engine was a defining development of the Industrial Revolution. Does Scotland need a museum of slavery? 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Emergency services were called to Argyle Street at the junction with James Watt Street at about 12:10 on Sunday. Man treated for stab wounds outside city hotel 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z James Watt’s original intention was not to usher in steam-driven railroads but to create a method for pumping water out of coal mines. How to expand American economic pie 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The list includes Mountain States Legal Foundation, the nonprofit law firm whose first president was James Watt. Trump’s man at the Bureau of Land Management wants it dismantled 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z His supplier, a Scotsman named James Watt, never looked back. The spectacular power of interchangeable parts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Two years ago a report from Glasgow University - which has an engineering school named after James Watt - described the inventor's father as a "West India merchant and slave trader who supported Watt in his career". Does Scotland need a museum of slavery? 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan got involved in the 1983 Washington celebration when his Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from singing at festivities on the Mall. Trump wants a starring role on July 4th. Jefferson settled for punch and cake. 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The current note features Matthew Boulton and James Watt, whose steam engines led to the mechanisation of factories and mills. New £50 note: Bank of England asks public to nominate scientist 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The court was surrounded by statues of scientists at work, from Galileo Galilei to James Watt. Rebels of art and science: the empirical drive of the Pre-Raphaelites 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z It features James Watt, an engineer and scientist, and Matthew Boulton, an entrepreneur, who worked together to develop and market steam engines, which helped drive the Industrial Revolution. Who Will Be the Face of the £50 Bill? Probably Not a Soccer Player Riding a Unicorn 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The parade of scientists and tycoons includes James Watt, a Scot who figured out how to create a vacuum in a cylinder and later built steam engines for industry. Review | How technology and innovation shaped our world 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z An adjoining green space, which hosts a memorial to inventor and steam power pioneer James Watt, is also set to be refurbished as part of the plans. Sikh soldier statue 'striking tribute' 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z On 18 November, 1968, a blaze devastated a factory on James Watt Street. How Glasgow became the Tinderbox City 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The day before Interior Secretary James Watt visited Alaska’s Denali National Park in 1981, a fellow ranger told me I should stop wearing red socks. Opinion | Walk with us, Ryan Zinke, and see the folly in what you’ve done 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z In the 1760s, for instance, master instrument-maker James Watt boosted the efficiency of steam engines by separating the working cylinder from the condenser. The triumphs and tragedies in energy history 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Another famous Scot who joined the freemasons slightly before Burns was engineer James Watt. Secret society and funny handshakes or brotherhood of man? 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s possible that this flu season won’t be especially bad and is just peaking early, said Dr. James Watt, chief of the division of communicable disease control with the California Department of Public Health. California flu season could be one of the worst in a decade, state officials say 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z “Documenting James Watt’s attacks on public lands was a central part of his legacy,” Mr. Turner said. William Turnage, Who Reinvented the Wilderness Society, Is Dead at 74 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z They appealed for people who knew her when she was at James Watt College in Greenock 20 years ago to contact them. Missing woman still alive, say carers 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z It was an epoch-defining decision to place in Westminster Abbey, among statues of monarchs, priests and poets, a large one of James Watt, inventor of the separate-condenser steam engine. Opinion | The thing America strives for most? Complacency. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z A major deal with Tesco was the breakthrough for founders James Watt and Martin Dickie, who were awarded MBEs last year. BrewDog to give away 20% of profits each year - BBC News 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The former workshop of the inventor James Watt, whose steam engine played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, was also among the top sites. Scotland's 'hidden gems' revealed in public vote - BBC News 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Mr Taylor said he realised it was a "lifeline to the islanders" after a visit to Suffolk from its former driver, James Watt, in 2013. Vintage 1950s Bedford coach to return to Shetland - BBC News 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z If Mr. Zinke goes through with weakening this hard-fought conservation plan, he will rival James Watt as our most anti-environment interior secretary in recent memory. Opinion | The sage grouse and its habitat need federal protection 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Matthew Boulton and James Watt - giants of Britain's industrial revolution - produced steam engines that ran muscular industrial lifts that hauled coal up from the mines. How the lift transformed the shape of our cities - BBC News 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z After two terms, Anne Gorsuch became one of three Coloradans to take prominent posts in the Reagan administration, along with James Watt, the interior secretary, and Robert Burford, director of the Bureau of Land Management. How his mother’s downfall as Reagan’s EPA chief affected Court nominee Gorsuch 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Out is James Watt and his steam engine. It may look like fun but just messing around could lead to the next big thing 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Except for Ann Gorsuch at EPA and James Watt at the Interior Department, Reagan’s appointees’ actions on the job were muted by political and institutional reality — reality that Donald Trump revels in rejecting. Donald Trump’s wrecking crew: A cabinet of zealots who yearn to destroy their own agencies 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The history lesson Trump needs to keep in mind involves James Watt, President Ronald Reagan’s controversial secretary of the interior. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But there is a coda to the story: 69 years later, James Watt made a nice tweak to the Newcomen steam engine, adding a condenser to the design. Why data is the new coal 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z And what Trump can’t reverse with his pen he can mitigate with executive-branch appointments, as Ronald Reagan did when he named the rabid anti-environmentalist James Watt to head the Department of the Interior. The Perils of Executive Action 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z As when James Watt introduced his steam engine 240 years ago, technology-fueled changes will ripple throughout our economy in the years ahead, but there is no guarantee that everyone will benefit equally. Where Computers Defeat Humans, and Where They Can’t 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z But she was closely linked to another such figure, Secretary of the Interior James Watt, who pursued a similar agenda and also resigned in disgrace. Donald Trump’s wrecking crew: A cabinet of zealots who yearn to destroy their own agencies 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z However, the company drew immediate criticism from James Watt, the founder of craft beer rival Brewdog. Camden Town Brewery sold to world's biggest drinks company 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Two scholars later counted only four evangelicals among Reagan’s thirty-one cabinet appointees, with Secretary of the Interior James Watt being the only evangelical appointed in Reagan’s first cabinet. Ronald Reagan stiff-armed the religious right: What today’s GOP must learn before wingnuts swallow it whole 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z His aim was to explain the workings of an amazing half-century-old invention: James Watt’s steam engine. The Power Revolutions 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The third place of honour had been granted to the Scottish engineer James Watt. Goodbye to smog, cold noodles and breakneck change: my seven years covering China 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The other figures on Bank of England notes are evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin on the 10 pound note and steam engine inventor James Watt and his business partner Matthew Boulton on the 50 pound note. British public asked what creative person should be on next 20 pound note 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The company, which was founded eight years ago in Fraserburgh by James Watt and Martin Dickie, has been growing quickly in recent years. BrewDog to create 130 new jobs 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z James Watt, Reagan’s Secretary of the Interior, denied the project a building permit until the planners agreed to add a flag and a statute of servicemen. Vietnam’s Quiet Anniversary 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z It was back in 2008, and James Watt and Martin Dickie's then tiny brewery at Fraserburgh, north east Scotland, was little over a year old and struggling. How beer firm Brewdog became popular 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Zoltan's eyes light up as he describes his idea for a game based on 19th Century inventors such as James Watt and Thomas Edison. Budapest's underground escape craze 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z In the 18th Century, men at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution - including James Watt, Matthew Boulton, and Joseph Priestley - formed the Lunar Society, where they shared scientific and industrial ideas. Birmingham in 'top 10 world cities' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z While individual inventors like James Watt and Eli Whitney tend to receive most of the credit, perhaps the most significant changes were not technological but rather legal and financial. Welcome to the Failure Age! 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z A snappy dresser and visionary businessman, his partnership with James Watt saw the latter's steam engine utilised to power machinery while his Soho Manufactory was the largest industrial complex in the world. The grandfather of modern coinage 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Industrial inventions include the steam engine - an age-old idea developed by Scotsman James Watt into an efficient machine that helped spark the Industrial Revolution. Scots’ inventions are fuel for independence debate 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z But on Tuesday, Dr. James Watt, chief of the division of communicable disease control at the California Department of Public Health, urged Californians not to worry excessively about the virus for now. Official: Enterovirus no 'cause for concern' in California for now 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Born in Brechin and educated in Dundee, Watson-Watt - a descendent of James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine - was initially approached by the British Air Ministry about the feasibility of developing a "death ray". Radar pioneer statue to be unveiled 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z “This is a deeply disappointing result,” Britain’s ambassador to Egypt, James Watt, told Reuters. Sentencing of Journalists in Egypt Draws Condemnation 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z In recognition of his achievements, a memorial to him was being unveiled at Westminster Abbey on Friday alongside an existing memorial to James Watt. The grandfather of modern coinage 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z British ambassador James Watt, also attending, said he was “very disappointed” by the verdict. Egypt Sentences Three Al-Jazeera Reporters to 7 years 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The British ambassador, James Watt, said he was disappointed by the verdict: "Freedom of expression is fundamental to any democracy". Al-Jazeera journalists jailed for seven years in Egypt 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z One was James Watt who went into business with the British manufacturer Mathew Boulton to manufacture steam engines – a partnership that became one of the most important businesses of the Industrial Revolution. Henry Ford Gave Innovators The Wrong Message About The Value Of History. 2014-02-21T08:20:00Z His image was replaced on the new note with Matthew Boulton and James Watt. Deadline to swap old £50 banknote 2014-01-16T10:27:16Z They preferred the tried and trusted way commercialised by James Watt. Heat engines: Stirling silver? 2013-11-28T15:58:36Z This features Matthew Boulton and James Watt, who were most celebrated for bringing the steam engine into the textile manufacturing process. Jane Austen to be face of £10 note 2013-07-24T14:30:00Z James Watt, co-founder, said: "More and more people are becoming frustrated at the lack of choice in the UK beer industry which is dominated by faceless corporations making lowest-common-denominator yellow liquid." BrewDog to open bars outside the UK 2013-02-21T17:43:41Z Roughly a century lapsed between the first commercial deployments of James Watt’s steam engine and steam’s peak contribution to British growth. Innovation pessimism: Has the ideas machine broken down? 2013-01-10T16:11:29Z The Industrial Revolution of the 1820s occurred 40 years after James Watt’s steam engine; and the railroad concept pioneered in 1829 became transformative in the 1860s, setting the stage for national expansion in America. Top CEOs Share how Big Data is Transforming our Health, Wealth and Security 2012-12-17T16:04:03Z In November, a £50 note with a new design featuring Matthew Boulton and James Watt - and the signature of the Bank's new chief cashier Chris Salmon went into circulation. Lucky money goes under the hammer 2012-09-28T09:02:30Z The £50 note, however, was changed to a new design featuring Matthew Boulton and James Watt - and the signature of Mr Salmon - in November. A new sign of the financial times 2012-09-11T23:00:37Z But unlike others, such as the Cheapside Street whisky bond fire in 1961 and the James Watt Street blaze seven years later, there was no call for a change in legislation. Service for warehouse blaze dead 2012-08-25T00:00:19Z The offences took place 15 minutes apart in James Watt Street, close to Broomielaw, on 21 December last year. Man jailed over two sex attacks 2012-06-22T09:48:09Z The offences took place in James Watt Street, close to Broomielaw, in the early hours of 21 December last year. Man admits rape and sex assault 2012-05-17T11:12:57Z In 1769 James Watt showed how to avoid this waste by using a separate condenser and keeping the cylinder as hot as possible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z On the 5th of January, 1769, James Watt obtained a patent for a series of improvements in the steam-engine, one of which was most important in its bearing on naval engines. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Although the Industrial Revolution was born here, with James Watt’s improvements to the steam engine and George Stephenson’s locomotive, Britons have long worried about their country’s decline as a manufacturing power. U.K. Looks to 'Rebalance' Economy; Tech University Would Play Role 2012-01-22T19:55:09Z The most memorable of these journeys was that undertaken in 1785, since during its course he visited James Watt at the Soho Works, and manifested great interest in Watt's inventions. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Dr. Hutton, one of the earliest workers in geology, was a particular friend of Black; his friendship with James Watt began when Watt was a student in his class, and continued during his life. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z James Watt, I never saw such an idle boy as you are. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z We know the habit of mind that makes men great in the sciences of this world,—that makes such men as Archimedes, or Sir Isaac Newton, or Galileo, or Ferguson the astronomer, or James Watt. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z I am constantly taking care that no youthful James Watt can say to me in later years, “You put out my first tea-kettle which boiled in school.” Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Such was the situation when James Watt came into the field of action. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Though men had experimented with steam up to this time with more or less success, the world is chiefly indebted for the developed type of the steam engine to James Watt and George Stephenson. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z There is perhaps no inventor’s name with which the British boy is more familiar than with that of James Watt. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z However, James Watt Omitted to take cognisance of the ultimate trouble, And here you are. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z In his twenty-second year, with the object of studying with his countryman, Benjamin West, he went to England, and there became acquainted with the duke of Bridgewater, Earl Stanhope and James Watt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Before the inventions of James Watt made it possible to use steam-power, factories were built near falling water, so that water-power could be used. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z There he met James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine, and soon he began to give attention to mechanics. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z On the west coast of Scotland stands what is to-day the busy, thriving, seaport town of Greenock—the birthplace of James Watt. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z You are part of the Cosmos, And as such I am bound to respect you; But, by Day and Night, I wish That James Watt Had taken no notice Of his boiling kettle! Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z This was practically the state of the art, in 1763, when James Watt entered the field. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z This, then, is the principle on which the inventions of Papin, the Marquis of Worcester, Newcomen, and James Watt have been based. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Tall Ships at James Watt dock in Greenock as the sun set on Friday evening. In Pictures 2011-07-11T10:34:05Z About 60 ships are due to arrive at James Watt Dock for the event. First tall ship berths for race 2011-07-06T10:41:53Z Heathfield has passed into other hands; but the quiet garret is just as James Watt left it at death. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z James Watt was a bright boy, but exceedingly delicate in health, and quite unable to attend school regularly, or to apply himself closely to either study or play. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z When a boy, James Watt was delicate and sickly, and so shy and sensitive that his school-days were a misery to him, and he profited but little by his attendance. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Trevithick, and many others working in mining during the late 1790s, were tired of paying royalties to James Watt and Matthew Boulton for the use of their Newcomen steam engine design. Richard Trevithick's mighty steam locomotive honoured in Google doodle 2011-04-13T11:45:00Z At this time, a young man came to board at the house of Mrs. Davy, Gregory Watt, the only child of James Watt, the inventor of the steam-engine. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The history of James Watt, the inventor of the steam-engine, is no exception to the rule of struggling to win. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z The growth of the steam-engine has here ceased to be rapid, and the changes which followed the completion of the work of James Watt have been minor improvements, and rarely, if ever, real developments. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z It would surely have been something, we think,—the opportunity to have seen all these, from Bolingbroke in his library to James Watt in his cradle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z These two gases, as Cavendish and James Watt had shown in 1784, were actually the constituents of water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z The colours were produced by a process known as plasmon resonance in a patterned aluminium film made in the university's James Watt Nanofabrication Centre. Scientists produce 'world's smallest Christmas card' 2010-12-23T08:03:04Z James Watt obtained his first patent for the steam-engine in 1769, and by the end of the century it was established in almost every industry of importance. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Stephenson, however, combined, in a very fortunate degree, the advantages of great natural inventive talent and an excellent mechanical training, reminding one strongly of James Watt. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Birmingham may claim as her own the perfection of the steam engine, through the genius of James Watt and the courage of Matthew Boulton. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Saith the gorilla: James Watt is often credited with inventing the steam engine that started it all, but this is a misleading simplification that misses the whole point of this revolution. How Malthus drove the Discovery Channel gunman crazy 2010-09-01T22:01:00Z Those who agree with the inventors James Watt and Richard Arkwright, who wrote in a manuscript that “an engineer’s life without patent is not worthwhile,” will cheer. Steam-Driven Dreams 2010-08-27T15:04:00Z “James Watt had acquired a lot of tech experience in the mining industry which he used to invent the steam engine,” Mr. Easterly writes. Was Today's Poverty Determined in 1000 B.C.? 2010-08-02T18:28:00Z In the year 1760 he went to England on business, where his attention was attracted to the invention—then new, and the subject of discussion in every circle—of James Watt. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Not long afterwards, Reagan's first choice for Secretary of the Interior, the infamous James Watt, created the now much-maligned Minerals Management Service and unleashed a binge of oil, gas, and coal leasing. What's so bad about the biggest Gulf spill ever? 2010-07-01T17:30:00Z Case review During the trial, the court heard "vulnerable" Michael Gilbert, who met James Watt at a children's home when they were 15, was treated as a slave by the family. Family in court over torture killing 2010-04-26T07:09:00Z Richard said James Watt became "obsessed" with finding Mr Gilbert when he escaped. Squalid end 2010-04-23T12:18:00Z Mr Gilbert met James Watt when they were both 15 and living at a children's home, the court heard. Three are guilty of lagoon murder 2010-04-23T11:32:00Z His sons Robert and James Watt, of Chertsey Close, Luton, are charged with murdering Mr Gilbert and are also accused of familial homicide. Man acquitted in lake murder case 2010-03-17T12:20:00Z James Watt, 27, and Robert, 20, are also accused of familial homicide. Family 'admitted killing slave' 2010-02-26T13:19:00Z When the 26-year-old escaped, James Watt traced him through his benefit payments and National Insurance number and he would be forced back in to captivity. Family in court over torture killing 2010-04-26T07:09:00Z James Watt devised a new method of inflicting suffering on him - forcing him to lie on the floor and jumping on his stomach with both feet. Squalid end 2010-04-23T12:18:00Z Natasha Oldfield, 29, who is the girlfriend of James Watt, faces the same charges as Ms Roberts. Murder victim 'tortured for cash' 2010-02-23T12:35:00Z In 1769, the illustrious James Watt was directed to examine the river. Friend Mac Donald The court heard Mr Gilbert met James Watt when they were both 15 and living at a children's home. Family 'admitted killing slave' 2010-02-26T13:19:00Z In 1800 the two partners retired from the business, which they handed over to their sons, Matthew Robinson Boulton and James Watt junior. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" They were engines of the vintage of James Watt, and Beezer's task in keeping them within the semblance of even a very low coefficient of efficiency was no sinecure. The Night Operator It was here that, on his invitation, James Watt constructed a model of his steam-engine, which was tested in a now disused colliery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" But what James Watt did when he grew up, was to invent a much better engine than had ever been made before. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read It had compassed only about four hundred years when, towards the close of the 18th century, James Watt gave to the world the perfected steam-engine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The steam-engine was invented by James Watt before he was thirty; but then Watt was a thinker from his cradle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 A dismal interval of almost twenty centuries parts Hero, whose first steam-engine revolved in the Serapion, from James Watt, who has revolutionized the industry of the world. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It was in that year that the railway locomotive was invented by Richard Trevithick, who had studied the steam engine under a friend and assistant of James Watt. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast While he was at work on this boat in America, James Watt, of whom I have already told you, was building him an engine in England. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read No greater service has been rendered to the world through mechanical invention than that performed by James Watt in his improvement of the steam-engine. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The thought of James Watt in time congealed into a steam engine and revolutionized the world. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings What, for instance, could be quieter or more modest, in its first stages, than the invention of James Watt? what more obtrusive or noisy, on the contrary, than the invention of Mr. Henson? Leading Articles on Various Subjects The real introduction of steam as a factor in man's daily work was effected later on, partly by Savery himself and partly by Newcomen, and above all by James Watt. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast Into the mind of little James Watt, the Scotch boy, it brought one great thought, that of power. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read The Glasgow engineer James Watt devoted himself from 1769 to 1785, with great energy, to the development of the steam engine, and succeeded in inventing the system which became the parent of the modern engine. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses In the mastery of Flame for the superseding of muscle, of breeze and waterfall, the chief credit rests with James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery This form of governor was invented by James Watt. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use "Nature," remarked James Watt when he set to work inventing his improved steam-engine, "has always a weak side if we can only find it out." Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast But the chief feature of this chapel is the colossal marble effigy of James Watt, the celebrated improver of the steam-engine—a splendid monument, from the chisel of Sir F. Chantrey. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Here James Watt made his memorable improvements in the steam-engine, and here Henry Bell first demonstrated in the Old World the practicability of steam navigation. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands By patient industry and laborious contrivance, he was enabled, with the powerful help of his son, to do for the locomotive what James Watt had done for the condensing engine. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson There was a vast difference, both in conception and execution, between the linkages of Ramelli and those of James Watt some 200 years later. Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt Compare Schiller's Robbers, written in his teens, with his Wallenstein, dating from his fortieth year; or the vague sketches of the adolescent James Watt with his inventions as a man. Essay on the Creative Imagination Archimedes valued principally abstract science; James Watt, on the contrary, brought every principle to some practical use; and, as it were, made science descend from heaven to earth. James Watt This was the native place of James Watt, already spoken of, and here we observe an admirable statue reared to his memory. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands The steam engine was devised by James Watt, an English inventor of great ingenuity. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Figure 6.—One of the steam engine "Crank Patents" that hindered James Watt's progress. Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt Mrs Schimmelpenninck in her youth lived at Birmingham, where she often met James Watt. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. This is James Watt's discovery, and it led him to the use of high-pressure steam, used expansively. James Watt Both these obstacles were removed by the ingenuity of James Watt. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 One of the most interesting places which claimed our attention was the Watt Institution, established in honour of James Watt, for the instruction of young men in science. A Yacht Voyage Round England Every one knows that James Watt turned the power of steam to practical use in the eighteenth century. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Question.—What did James Watt do in connection with the atmospheric engine? The Stoker's Catechism The good judgment which characterised the Watts for three generations is nowhere more clearly shown than in the lady James Watt's father courted and finally succeeded in securing for his wife. James Watt Everyone has heard thepage 329 story of how, years before, the youthful James Watt first got his idea of the power of steam by noticing how it rattled the lid on his mother's boiling teakettle. American Men of Mind His "Life of James Watt" conveys a sympathetic portraiture of the inventor of the steam engine. A Short History of Pittsburgh As an instance of men of a more modern era, let us take Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of France, and James Watt of Greenock, civil engineer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. When James Watt grew up, he was as much interested in steam and its wonderful power, as he had been as a boy. True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Pictures and Stories for Little Folk Among these and other reminiscences of her youth, one venerable informant described James Watt's mother, in her eloquent and expressive Doric, as, "a braw, braw, woman—none now to be seen like her." James Watt James Watt, the inventor of the steam-engine, was a poor sickly child not strong enough to go to school. Life and Conduct Inside, the chapel itself is blocked up by the huge statue of James Watt, one of the inventors of the steam-engine, but there are many fine old monuments against the walls. Westminster Abbey Most conspicuous of all, towering over the beautiful Crusaders' monuments, is the vast cenotaph which insults the memory of Wolfe, and not far off is the colossal statue of James Watt. Westminster The Fascination of London The perfection of the modern engine is largely due to James Watt, a poor, uneducated Scotch boy, who at fifteen walked the streets of London in a vain search for work. Pushing to the Front Childhood and Youth James Watt, born in Greenock, January 19, 1736, had the advantage, so highly prized in Scotland, of being of good kith and kin. James Watt James Watt, with his nervous sensibility, his headaches, his pecuniary embarrassments, and his gloomy temperament, has never till now been revealed precisely as he lived and struggled. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 To the genius of these men and to James Watt, whose statue we saw in St. Paul's Chapel, the wonderful railway and steamship system of modern days was, in the first instance, due. Westminster Abbey The most striking object here is a colossal portrait statue of James Watt, the great steam-engine perfecter, if not inventor. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland James Watt, I never saw such an idle young fellow as you are," said his grandmother; "do take a book and employ yourself usefully. Pushing to the Front It would be impossible in our allotted space to tell fully of the many experiments James Watt made. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail In 1773 James Watt was employed by the government to make a survey for such a canal, which again was the subject of an official report by Thomas Telford in 1801. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" At the time James Watt lived, there were no steam boats, steam mills, nor railways. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison The Hall was occupied by the second James Watt, son of the great engineer. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men There never can be but one James Watt, for, though a thousand inventors improve his engine, their names are little tapers, shining over against the sun. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict Then the woes of miners and the world's burden-bearers filled the ears of James Watt with torment, and his sympathetic heart would not let him stay until he had fashioned his redemptive tool. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service One of the Tangye Brothers took the two Americans through James Watt's old home, and into his famous garret, where Watt invented the parallel motion and other parts of the steam engine. The Harris-Ingram Experiment Yet who can say that no man would have discovered and harnessed this giant to serve mankind if James Watt had not seen the light of day? "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues I saw there at work the original engine which was put up by James Watt. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Its last occupant was James Watt, Esq., son of the eminent mechanical philosopher. Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850 Go to Great Britain, and the American steam engine—although it is not termed American in Great Britain—will be found fast superseding the English engine—in other words, James Watt's condensing engine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 This city has brought forth one of the greatest of men—though, like many others, he had to fight an uphill battle in his early career—that man was James Watt. Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects Werner certainly paid attention to mining, and I have not forgotten James Watt. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century The face is a shrewd and observant one, and it always struck me as having a remarkable likeness to the great James Watt, the engineer. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader Hume and Burke, Millar the jurist, James Watt, Foulis the printer, Black the chemist and Hutton of geological fame—it is an enviable circle. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham For the first serviceable use of this grand machine we are indebted to the great James Watt. Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects Copying Presses were invented by James Watt in, and patented in, May, 1780. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically James Watt invented the steam-engine, which in a few years created a large number of new industries, and gave employment to immense numbers of people. Thrift She invented democratic monarchy as much as James Watt invented the steam engine. Varied Types Elsewhere he associates "the virtuous La Fayette and James Watt the cotton-spinner." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 James Watt, indisputably the great inventor that he was, found the steam engine ready to his hand, applied himself to its improvement, and made it substantially what it is to-day. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 The Hall was rented by Mr. James Watt, son of the James Watt, and for many years it was closed to the public. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically When James Watt was learning his trade of an instrument maker in London, a hundred years ago, he durst scarcely walk abroad lest he should be seized and sent to India or the American plantations. Thrift But the real message of Stevenson was as simple as that of Mohamet, as moral as that of Dante, as confident as that of Whitman, and as practical as that of James Watt. Varied Types The march of death and time have removed all the men who were engaged in assisting James Watt and Matthew Boulton in their great works. Rides on Railways James Watt was himself a product of the modern scientific spirit. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 One of James Watt's sons, Gregory, who devoted himself to science and literature, died in 1804, at the early age of 27. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically Mechanics are aware, that, from the time of James Watt to the year 1850, the grand desideratum of the engine builder was a perfect joint,—a joint that would not admit the escape of steam. Famous Americans of Recent Times But the real message of Stevenson was as simple as that of Mahomet, as moral as that of Dante, as confident as that of Whitman, and as practical as that of James Watt. Twelve Types The railway passes Aston Hall, where James Watt and his only surviving son lived until his death a few years ago. Rides on Railways James Watt was the inaugurator of the era of refinement of the machine already invented, and the greatest of its builders and distributors. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 After leaving this town he started the Carron Ironworks on the Clyde, and in 1768 joined James Watt in bringing out the latter's steam engine. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically By James Watt's invention of a separate condenser it was superseded, and employed afterwards principally for pumping water. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge In the same period came the discovery of the power of steam by James Watt of Glasgow and its application to cotton manufacture, and improvements followed quickly in printing and bleaching. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia Handsworth Church, near Soho, contains a marble statue of James Watt, by Chantrey, a copy of that erected in Westminster Abbey. Rides on Railways James Watt said, "Nature has her blind side." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 As James Watt is identified with the steam-engine, and George Stephenson with the railway, so is Wheatstone with the telegraph. Heroes of the Telegraph As early as 1773, James Watt, then following the business of a land-surveyor at Glasgow, made a survey of the country at the instance of the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain And these five were in at the greatest conquest man had made since James Watt evolved the steam engine—perhaps even a greater conquest than that of Watt. A History of Aeronautics We may imagine that such questions were in the minds of those two French paper-makers, just as similar questions were in the mind of James Watt when he was discovering the power of steam. The Mastery of the Air Fifty years later his engine was improved upon by James Watt, a Glasgow instrument maker. The Story of Mankind James Watt, junior, accompanied the Caledonia to Holland and up the Rhine. Men of Invention and Industry While on his journeys north and south, he frequently took the opportunity of looking in upon the venerable James Watt—"a great and good man," he terms him—at his house at Heathfield, near Birmingham. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain It was in the year 1817 that I had the pleasure, never to be forgotten, of seeing the great engineer, James Watt. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Among his friends he numbered James Watt, who placed his son in his establishment for the purpose of acquiring knowledge and experience of his profession. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Dr. Andrew Ure went so far as to say that the invention would "throw the name of his great countryman, James Watt, into the shade." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Matthew Boulton, of Birmingham, had proposed to move canal boats by means of the steam-engine; and Dr. Small, his friend, was in communication with James Watt, then residing at Glasgow, on the subject. Men of Invention and Industry At a later period James Watt rode from Glasgow to London, when proceeding thither to learn the art of mathematical instrument making. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain As late as 1793, such men as James Watt, Jr., and the poet Wordsworth were in Paris, on intimate terms with Robespierre and his Committee. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Besides being the builder of the first iron ship, he was the first to invent, for James Watt, a machine that would bore a tolerably true cylinder. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers In the morning I fell to penning this letter, as we were engaged to breakfast at Mr. James Watt's, at Aston Hall. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 The first idea of the screw was thrown out by James Watt more than a century ago. Men of Invention and Industry James Watt, in 1658, was publicly reproved "for writing a note about common business on the Lord's Day, at least in the evening somewhat too soon." Sabbath in Puritan New England Even steam-engines could not have got made without that condition, but must have stayed in the mind of James Watt. Daniel Deronda This little steamer was built as a pleasure boat for James Watt, and had run nine years making much money for her owner though a very 'bad boat.' Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir This was Gregory Watt, a son of the great James Watt, the inventor of the steam-engine. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism Black and Robison, of Glasgow, were the precursors of James Watt, whose invention of the condensing steam-engine was yet to produce a revolution in industrial operations, the like of which had never before been known. Men of Invention and Industry Think of the magnificent service done to humankind by James Watt. The Recreations of a Country Parson In his fondest fancies James Watt could not have foreseen even the approximate result of his invention, the Hercules which was to spring from the puny child of his brain and hands. Revolution, and Other Essays If the locomotive could not remain as it was left by Stephenson and Cooper, neither could the stationary steam engine remain as it was left by James Watt and Oliver Evans. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest I am infinitely delighted," he wrote to James Watt, "with observing the growth of its little soul, and particularly with its numberless instincts, which formerly passed unheeded. Character Boulton and Watt petitioned against the Bill, and James Watt, junior, gave evidence on the subject. Men of Invention and Industry Gregory, for example—it's quite time that he studied the A B C of engineering and began where James Watt began, instead of merely profiting by the efforts of all the investigators since then. The Slowcoach But his claim to priority in this discovery was at once disputed by his fellow-countryman James Watt and by the Frenchman Lavoisier. A History of Science — Volume 4 The discovery that steam could be harnessed and made to work is not, of course, credited to James Watt. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Geordie will be to us what James Watt is to the ettling town of Greenook, so we can do no less than drink prosperity to his endeavours.” The Provost He had heard a great deal about the inventions of James Watt; and he determined to try whether he could not get "a job" at the famous manufactory at Soho. Men of Invention and Industry One can perhaps imagine the feelings with which James Watt, interested from his youth in mechanical and scientific instruments, particularly those which dealt with steam, regarded this Newcomen engine. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest In 1786 James Watt examined specimens of the bleached cloth made by Berthollet, and upon his return to England first instituted the process of practical bleaching. A History of Science — Volume 4 These inventions, supplementing the steam engine of James Watt, made the Industrial Revolution. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest He had read the meaning of the puffing of the young steam engine of James Watt and he had heard of a marvelous series of British inventions for spinning and weaving. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest James Watt, the accredited father of the modern steam engine, was a contemporary of Franklin, and his engine was twenty-one years old when Franklin died. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest The ancient Greeks had steam engines of a sort, and steam engines of another sort were pumping water out of mines in England when James Watt was born. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest James Watt, however, invented and applied the first effective means by which steam came to serve mankind. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest |
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