We mean James Watt, the great improver of the steam engine—that wonderful motor ... princely adaptation—the locomotive—it moves long trains of elegant carriages over the Alps, and the ...

So it was for James Watt ... but notice how much steam it wasted in the process, with the cylinder needing to regularly be reheated, ultimately using up plenty of coal. Watt figured a separate ...

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 ...

These early steam engines produced a vacuum to generate power and were commonly used for pumping water out of mines. In 1763 James Watt was repairing a model of a Newcomen engine. He developed ...