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 ...

Import tariffs helped Britain industrialise but the US job crisis is due to automation and tariffs won't fix that. The real ...

A gentleman from Old Typerwriters and Calculators demonstrated a James Watt Coping Press from 1780, which is known to be the first copier put to use. Watt, who was a prolific inventor, shared his ...

WATTS:Alright boys. DICK:'James Watt was born in 1736 in Grennock, Scotland.' The story goes that as a boy he was fascinated by the steam pouring out of a boiling kettle.' DOM:'When he grew up ...

This measurement has been around since the 18th century, when inventor James Watt ... of his innovative steam engine design. With the help of assistant John Desaguliers, Watt estimated that ...

Top trainees have completed the renovation of a piece of Port Glasgow heritage in time for the town's 250th celebrations.

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 ...

A diagram of Watt's 1776 steam engine. James Watt was born in Greenock in 1736. He worked making scientific instruments but, in the 1760s, he took an interest in steam engines. In 1776 ...

In an Instagram post confirming her happy news, Toffolo said that she and Watt gave their guests just 48 hours’ notice ahead of the wedding. “James and I got married today,” she wrote ...

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, ...

In 1777 he walked from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to follow his dream of working with Matthew Boulton and James Watt. They employed him as an erector of steam engines in Cornwall ...