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Reprint of "Directions for erecting and working the newly-invented steam-engines. By Boulton and Watt. [1779]" with reproduction of t.-p.: p. [373]-398 and 6 pl. on 3 l. "Directions for working ...

When an inventor has a unit of measurement named after him, it's clear his work had more than a small impact on scientific and industrial progress. So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1924, London's Science Museum acquired the entire workshop of engineer James Watt, left almost untouched in the attic of his house in Birmingham, UK, since his death more than a century before. The ...

The legend of the young inventor: James Watt's first experiment with steam. (Courtesy: Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library/James Scott, after a painting by Robert William Buss, 1849) Like ...

The Watt's link is named for James Watt, the 18th century Scotsman who made steam engines practical and efficient. The center-pivoting crank was a prominent feature of his beam-pump design. It's ...

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