Inventors & Engineers · Industrial
James Watt
The instrument maker whose separate condenser made steam engines efficient: fixing a Newcomen model in 1765, the Boulton & Watt partnership, rotary motion and the governor, horsepower, patents and their critics, and steam's role in the Industrial Revolution.
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Prereqs: Heat & thermodynamics; The Industrial Revolution. Next: Edison; Henry Ford. Sources: Science Museum (London) Watt collection; Ben Marsden, *Watt's Perfect Engine* (2002); Robert Allen, *The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective*.Next: 1. The insight