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James Watt
Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist (–)
This article is about the inventor and mechanical engineer. For the college, see James Watt College. For the award, see James Watt International Medal. For other people with similar names, see James Watt (disambiguation).
James WattFRS FRSE (; 30 January (19 January OS) – 25 August )[a] was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in , which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines. At the time engineers such as John Smeaton were aware of the inefficiencies of Newcomen's engine and aimed to improve it.[1] Watt's insight was to realise that contemporary engine designs wasted a gre
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James Watt ()
Famous for:
- Inventing the Watt steam engine, which converted steam back to water
- Developing a rotary engine which mechanised weaving, spinning and transport
- The term 'horsepower'
- The rev counter.
James Watt was an uppfinnare and mechanical engineer whose improvements in steam engine technology drove the Industrial Revolution.
Watt did not invent the steam engine. Steam engines were already in existence, mainly being used to pump water out of mines. He made important changes to the design, increasing efficiency and making steam engines cheaper to run.
Early childhood
James Watt was born in Greenock in He was not a healthy child and was educated at home for most of his early years.
His father was a carpenter and shipwright who set han själv up in business as a merchant and ship-owner. Watt liked to man models and repair nautical instruments in his father's workshop.
Engineering work in Scotland
In Watt went to London to be an apprentice scientific inom
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Gustavus Vassa was acquainted with a number of prominent individuals, and he probably knew others for whom there is no documentary evidence. He also referred to other individuals whom he knew, especially in London, about whom little if anything known beyond Vassa's reference. There were also several associations and affiliations that referred to groups, such as the Huntingdonians, the Black Poor, the Sons of Africa, and the London Corresponding Society. By highlighting the individuals Vassa knew or possibly knew, Vassa's world expands considerably, and the list increases exponentially with his book tours and the sale of subscriptions to his autobiography, ultimately generating hundreds of individuals who purchased at least one copy of his book. Vassa's associates are divided into seven categories: Family, Slavery, Abolition, Religion, Scientific, Military and Subscribers.
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Gustavus Vassa was born in in the Igbo region of the Kingdom