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 ...

DICK:'This is a Newcomen steam engine. They were used to pump water out of mines and were invented nearly 25 years before James Watt was even born.' DOM:And you see, Watt had his first bit of ...

These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate power and were commonly used for pumping water out of mines. In 1763 James Watt was repairing a model of a Newcomen engine. He developed ...

The watt reigns supreme, if only companies would share it with us. Every time I see “mAh” on a consumer product, I cringe.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The first steam powered vehicle to run on a British road.William Murdock was a brilliant Scottish engineer and inventor. In 1777 he walked from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to follow his ...