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James Watt
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• 1736-1819

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James Watt

• Born in 1736 in Greenock Scotland
• James Sr. and Agnes
• One of five children to survive past the age 24

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Childhood

• James was a very serious minded child
• He was very interested with his aunts steam
  kettle
• Developed his mechanical traits at a very young
  age

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Over the years

• Spent a great amount of time in his workroom
• James liked to watch others at work
• He liked to make models
• James was very curious about the way things work

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• As time went on James wanted to be a manufacturer
  of scientific instruments
• He left Greenock for Glasgow in 1754
• Where he met Professor Robert Dick
• Professor Dick sent James to london

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In London

• James was to enter an apprenticeship that would
  take 7 years
• He finished in one year
• Working 10 hour days

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A change of luck

• At the age of 21 James returned to Glasgow
  University
• James was hired by the university in 1757 to
  repair broken astronomical instruments
• Students and Staff regarded him as a friend of
  the University not as an employee

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• He was known to be able to repair instruments
  that he had never seen before
• Items such guitars, violins, flutes and even
  organs
• He also went on to build such instruments
• You can still see a wind organ Watt made for St.
  Andrews Church

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• James watt was married twice in his lifetime
• His first marriage to Margaret miller in 1764
• His second to Ann McGregor in 1776
• Had two children with each wife

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1764

• A year that will be remembered for James watt
• James was invited by the University to repair a
  non-working model of the Newcomen engine
• This was the start of the Industrial Revolution

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The New Watt Engine
The final version was shown in 1778
This engine consumed 1/3 Of the steam of the
Newcomen engine
Used to pump water from the ground
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Double-Acting Engine
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• 1736 Born in Greenock Scotland
• 1764 Started working on the
• Newcomen engine
• 1768 Made a prototype of his improved
• steam engine
• 1786 Invented centrifugal governor to
• control engine speed
• 1790 Invented pressure gauge
• 1800 Retires from the business
• 1819 The Death of James Watt

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Horsepower

• James watt coined the phrase horsepower
• What a horse can do
• Horsepower is defined as work done over time

One horsepower 33,000lb.-ft/One minute
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Light bulb

• Watts name is on the light bulb
• A Watt is considered a unit of power
• He didnt invent the light bulb

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References

• http//www.top-biography.com/9069-James20Watt/wor
  k.htm
• http//www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/watt.h
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• http//www.geocitites.com/athens/acropolis/6914/wv
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