A team of students have used 3D printing technology to create a model of a steam engine originally designed by James Watt more than 200 years ago. The JetX student society at the University of Glasgow ...

Over at mises.org, Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine challenge the standard story of James Watt and the steam engine. Their conclusion: In most histories, James Watt is a heroic inventor, ...

ALL the best inventions have a legendary “light bulb” moment. James Watt's is supposed to have been when he saw the lid of his kettle rattling. It was then, so the story goes, that he realised that ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. An engine indicator is an instrument ...

Reprint of "Directions for erecting and working the newly-invented steam-engines. By Boulton and Watt. [1779]" with reproduction of t.-p.: p. [373]-398 and 6 pl. on 3 l. "Directions for working ...

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