The steam engine stands as one of the most transformative inventions in human history. It didn’t just change industries—it ...

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 ...

So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ... ultimately using up plenty of coal. Watt figured a separate steam condenser could ensure the cylinder remained hot, and partnered with ...

He wasn't the inventor of the first steam engine - that had existed before ... society as well as industry. So who was James Watt? What inspired him and who helped him? Bridget Kendall talks ...

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 ...

Fifty years before James Watt came on the scene Thomas Newcomen built practical steam engines to pump water out of mines. What is known of these engines and how did they influence later ones?

James Watt was born in Greenock ... In 1776, the first commercial Boulton-Watt steam engine pumped water out of a 90-foot mine in less than an hour, using 1/4th of the steam that the Newcomen ...

When Scottish inventor James Watt came up with a new steam engine design in 1765 that required 75 per cent less coal to operate than its predecessor, many people logically presumed that coal ...