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 * James Watt **



James Watt was an engineer at Glasgow University Engineer – A person who designs machines, buildings, and man-made objects, to make them safe from causing loss of life, or destruction of the object. James Watt was born on January 19, 1736 James Watt died on August 25, 1819 James Watt was born in Greenock, United Kingdom
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James Watt redesigned the Nemcomen steam pump and came up with the unit of power, horsepower. James Watt improved on the steam pump, by adding a separate cooling chamber, making the Nemcomen steam pump, the steam engine. When he did that, James Watt helped the steam pump more reliable. The watt engine helped start the industrial revolution. James Watt came up with the unit of power, the horsepower. James Watt worked at Glasgow University repairing mathematical instruments as a job. 1776-Watt builds his first commercial steam engine 1780-Takes out a patent on his letter-copying process 1781-Takes out a patent on his improvement to the steam engine <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1782-Creates a new unit of measurement-the horsepower <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1783-Builds the first rotative engine <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1785-Elected to the Royal Society
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1. Champion, Neil. //James Watt.// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2001. Print. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2. Wikipedia. “James Watt.” Wikipedia, 20 Aug. 2013. Web. 18 Sept. 2013. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">3. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">"James Watt." //Britannica School.// Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2013. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Web. 18 Sept. 2013. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">4. Wikimedia. “James Watt by Henry Howard.” Wikimedia. 29 March. 2009. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Web. 21 Aug. 2013. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">5. Google Maps. “Greenock, United Kingdom.” Google. 2013. Web. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> 21 Aug. 2013 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">6. Wikipedia. “Engineering.” Wikipedia. 17 Sept. 2013. Web. 21 Aug. 2013.
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