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James Watt has been called one of the most influential people in history, and his role in improving the steam engine to make it the primary force behind the industrial revolution is beyond dispute. He ...

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Over at mises.org, Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine challenge the standard story of James Watt and the steam engine. Their conclusion: In most histories, James Watt is a heroic inventor, ...

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 Glasgow ...

THE appearance of this book is most opportune. Some such comparatively brief study of Watt has long been needed, for the large memorial volume on “James Watt and the Steam Engine”, due to the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. An engine indicator is an instrument ...

Autograph letter signed "Boulton Watt & Co.," identified as being in the hand of James Watt, Jr., to Robert Fulton (using the alias Robert Francis), with scale drawings of a steamboat engine in color.

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