Illustration of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor, known for his improvements of the steam engine, looking at a steam engine. By Colin McInnes, James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Centenary of the Steam Engine—James Watt ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 20 No. 19 (May 1869), p. 297 doi:10.1038 ...

James Watt: Britain's head of steam. With a major exhibition celebrating the life and work of James Watt, Adam Hart-Davies looks at the engineering genius who made the country rich.

The move is part of a year-long celebration of James Watt's life and work, marking the 200th anniversary of his death. Watt was renowned for his contribution to steam engine technology.

From 1804, Watt moved from steam to sculpture, creating plaster of Paris copies of busts, then much in demand among the wealthy. His 'sculpture machine' was a three-dimensional pantograph, powered ...

GLASGOW University’s School of Engineering will be renamed after James Watt today, with the blessing of a staff member who is a direct descendant of the famed engineer and inventor.

James Watt invented horsepower so he could sell his steam engine as the next great thing. Learn more about how it started, and how it's calculated.

In 1763, working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, James Watt was assigned to repair an early steam engine. Watt was intrigued by the idea but noted the machine's inefficiency.

This is why the watt is what we call the unit of power equal to one joule of work per second. It's also technically 1/746 horsepower (horsepower being a term coined by Watt himself).

A team of students have used 3D printing technology to create a model of a steam engine originally designed by James Watt more than 200 years ago. The JetX student society at the University of ...

Watt was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer, renowned for his improvements in steam engine technology. James Watt was born in Greenock on 18 January 1736. Watt initially worked as a maker ...