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James Watt
Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist (–)
This article is about the inventor and mechanical engineer. For the college, see James Watt College.
For the award, see James Watt International Medal.
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For other people with similar names, see James Watt (disambiguation).
James WattFRS FRSE (; 30 January (19 January OS) – 25 August )[a] was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in , which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines. At the time engineers such as John Smeaton were aware of the inefficiencies of Newcomen's engine and aimed to improve it.[1] Watt's insight was to realise that contemporary engine designs wasted a gre