Since 1769, it has become the chiei ruler over ... a rendezvous of the highest type of the steam engine. As James Watt advanced in years, wealth and honors flowed in upon him.

In 1769 Watt sought and obtained a patent for a "new method for lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fire engines". In 1776, he built an engine with a cylinder of 127 cm diameter to pump ...

So it was for James Watt ... the impact of the Watt engine on the Industrial Revolution was his creation of the double-acting engine. Doubling the efficiency, it condensed steam both above ...

which has identified his name with that of the Steam Engine." James Watt (1736-1819), the father of the Industrial Revolution was 'mathematical instrument-maker' to the University of Glasgow from ...

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, ...

DOM:'When he grew up, he became a mechanical engineer and started to eagerly explore how steam engines worked.' DICK:'James Watt's genius was to take the steam engine an invention that had been ...

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.