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Bookmark or Share- Watt Steam Engine - World History EncyclopediaThe steam engine developed by the Scotsman James Watt (1736-1819) from 1769 was much more efficient in terms of power and fuel consumption than earlier models, and it significantly increased the possible uses for this key invention of the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840).
- James Watt - WikipediaJames Watt FRS, FRSE (/ w ɒ t /; 30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) [a] was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native ...
- James Watt - Encyclopedia.comThe British instrument maker and engineer James Watt (1736-1819) developed an efficient steam engine which was a universal source of power and thereby provided one of the most essential technological components of the early industrial revolution.
- James Watt on the steam engine | Inventions, Impact, LegacyFound in a layer of rock dating back approximately 3.3 million years, during the middle of the Pliocene Epoch (5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago), the tools predate the emergence of the oldest confirmed specimens of Homo by almost 1 million years.
- James Watt - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous ScientistsJames Watt was the father of the industrial revolution; an inventor, engineer and scientist. His crucial role in transforming our world from one based on agriculture to one based on engineering and technology is recognized in the unit of power: the watt.
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