The motorcycle engine has come a long way from its auspicious 19th-century beginnings, evolving over the years to include ...

James Watt was born in Greenock in 1736 ... efficient than other engines at the time. Watt's steam engines helped power the Industrial Revolution and they were found in mines and factories ...

Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt patents his design for the first practical steam engine, paving the way for the mechanized production of the Industrial Revolution. Asa Whitney presents a ...

Glasgow University has renamed its engineering school after a Scots inventor credited with helping to kick-start the industrial ... Newcomen steam engine," said the head of the James Watt School ...