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James Watt (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world. (From Wikipedia) More about James Watt:
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44 additional books about James Watt in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Capital and steam-power, 1750-1800 (P.S. King & Son, 1923), by John Lord (page images at HathiTrust)- Historical eloge of James Watt (J.Murray; [etc., etc.], 1839), by F. Arago and James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt (Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1905), by Andrew Carnegie (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt (Doubleday, Page, 1905), by Andrew Carnegie (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt and the steam engine; the memorial volume prepared for the Committee of the Watt centenary commemoration at Birmingham 1919 (Clarendon press, 1927), by H. W. Dickinson, Rhys Jenkins, and Committee of the Watt Centenary Commemoration (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt and the history of steam power (H. Schuman, 1949), by Ivor B. Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt (Printed for private circulation by J. Maclehose and sons, 1901), by William Jacks (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt (1736-1819) (L. Parsons;, 1925), by T. H. Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Memorials of the lineage, early life, education, and development of the genius of James Watt. (Printed for the Watt club by T. Constable, printer to Her Majesty, 1856), by George Williamson, James Williamson, and Greenock Watt club (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of James Watt, with selections from his correspondence. (J. Murray, 1858), by James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lives of Boulton and Watt. : Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine (John Murray, 1865), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt and the steam age (St. Bride's press, ltd., 1917), by John W. Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
- The triumphs of steam; or, Stories from the lives of Watt, Arkwright, and Stephenson. By the author of "Might not right," "Our eastern empire," "The martyr land," &c. (Griffith and Farran, 1859), by E. Burrows (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt and the application of science to the mechanical arts; an inaugural address delivered in the University of Glasgow, November 11th, 1889 (J. Maclehose & sons, 1889), by Archibald Barr (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt and the steam engine. Philadelphia, American Sunday-school union. (Religious tract society, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Leben James Watt's nebst Auszügen aus dessen Briefwechsel. (Franckh, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proceedings of the public meeting held at Freemasons' hall, on the 18th June, 1824, for erecting a monument to the late James Watt. (Murray, 1824), by London (England). Citizens and C. H. Turner (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine. (John Murray, 1865), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
- The triumphs of steam. (J. B. Lippincott company, 1892), by Henry Frith (page images at HathiTrust)
- Historical review of improvements in the steam-engine in the XVIIIth century ... (J.L. Pearson, printer, 1880), by Jabez Carter Hornblower (page images at HathiTrust)
- The steam engine explained and illustrated; with an account of its invention and progressive improvement, and its application to navigation and railways; including also a memoir of Watt. (Printed for Taylor and Walton, 1840), by Dionysius Lardner (page images at HathiTrust)
- The garret workshop of James Watt. (H. M. Stationery Office, 1929), by H. W. Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of James Watt, with selections from his correspondence (John Murray, 1859), by James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
- Memorials of the lineage, early life, education, and development of the genius of James Watt (Printed for the Watt Club by T. Constable, printer to Her Majesty, 1974), by George Williamson, James Williamson, and Scotland) Watt Club (Greenock (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of James Watt, with selections from his correspondence. (D. Appleton & Co., 1859), by James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
- Catalogue of Watt centenary exhibition. (H.M. Stationery off., 1919), by Science Museum (Great Britain) and Great Britain. Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
- Popular lectures on the steam engine, in which its construction and operation are familiarly explained; with an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement. (Printed for J. Taylor, 1830), by Dionysius Lardner (page images at HathiTrust)
- Historical eulogium on James Watt. (John Weale and R. Groombridge, 1833), by M. Arago (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt. (Doubleday, Page, 1913), by Andrew Carnegie (page images at HathiTrust)
- Saints of chaos (W. F. Payson, 1934), by Peter Oliver (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of James Watt, with a memoir on machinery considered in relation to the prosperity of the working classes. To which are subjoined, Historical account of the discovery of the composition of water (A. and C. Black, 1839), by F. Arago, Lord Brougham, and Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey (page images at HathiTrust)
- A comparative statement of the effects of Messrs. Boulton and Watt's steam engines : with Newcommen's and Mr. Hornblower's. (Printed by W. Harry, 1792), by Thomas Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The triumphs of steam; or, stories from the lives of Watt, Arkwright, and Stephenson. (T. Nelson, 1858), by E. Burrows (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the original Soho mss. (J. Murray, 1865), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
- Historical account of the steam engine and its application in propelling vessels; with an account of the proceedings at London, Glasgow, and Greenock, for erecting monuments to Mr. Watt (Khull, Blackie, & co., 1825), by James Cleland (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lives of the engineers (J. Murray, 1874), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt; an oration delivered in the University of Glasgow on the commemoration of its ninth jubilee. (J. Maclehose and Sons, 1901), by William Thomson Kelvin and John D. Stanitz (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt und die Grundlagen des modernen Dampfmaschinenbaues : eine geschichtliche Studie ... (J. Springer, 1897), by Adolf Ernst (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt of Soho and Heathfield : annals of industry and genius (Cornish, 1905), by T. Edgar Pemberton (page images at HathiTrust)
- The steam engine : Boulton and Watt (J. Murray, 1878), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
- Éloge historique de James Watt ... (Firmin Didot frères, 1838), by F. Arago (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Watt und die Erfindung der Dampfmaschine (in German), by Georg Biedenkapp (Gutenberg ebook)
- Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho Mss.: Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine, by Samuel Smiles (Gutenberg ebook)
- The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition): With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt, by Dionysius Lardner (Gutenberg ebook)
Books by James Watt: Books in the extended shelves: - Watt, James, 1736-1819: Considerations on the medicinal use, and on the production of factitious airs. (printed by Bulgin and Rosser, for J. Johnson, 1796), also by Thomas Beddoes (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819: Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water. (J. Murray;, 1846), also by Lord Brougham, F. Arago, Gaspard Monge, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Jean Baptiste Marie Charles Meusnier de la Place, Henry Cavendish, and James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819: Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water; with a letter from his son. (J. Murray, 1846), also by James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819: Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water : with a letter from his son (J. Murray ;, 1846), also by Thomas Constable, John Murray, and James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819: Itinéraire des routes les plus fréquentées; ou, Journal de plusieurs voyages aux villes principales de l'Europe, depuis 1768 jusqu'en 1783. (chez T. Barrois, 1788), also by L. Dutens (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819: The origin and progress of the mechanical inventions of James Watt. (J. Murray, 1854), also by James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819: Specification of James Watt. Steam engines. (Printed by G.E. Eyre [etc.] published at the Great seal patent office, 1855), also by Great Britain. Patent Office (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819: A system of mechanical philosophy (J. Murray, 1822), also by John Robison and David Brewster (page images at HathiTrust)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819: A system of mechanical philosophy. (J. Murray, 1822), also by John Robinson and David Brewster (page images at HathiTrust)
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