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What about James Watt? 1. He didn’t go to school very often :ĂŵĞƐ ǁĂƩ ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ ƚŽ Ă ƌŝĐŚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŝŶ 'ƌĞĞŶŽĐŬ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ ŽŶ ϯϬƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ ϭϳϯϲ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŚĞ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůLJ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ǁĞůů ĞĚƵĐĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐĐŚŽŽůĞĚ Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ ďLJ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ tĂƩ ĞŶũŽLJĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĐĞůůĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ďƵƚ 'ƌĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ >ĂƟŶ ĚŝĚŶƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ Śŝŵ Ăƚ Ăůů 2. He found a way to make steam engines more powerful tŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϭϴ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽůĚ tĂƩ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚLJ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǁĂƚĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŵĂůů ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂů ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ŵŽǀĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ ƐĞƫŶŐ ƵƉ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ 'ůĂƐŐŽǁ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ 'ůĂƐŐŽǁ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ă ŵŽĚĞů ƐƚĞĂŵ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƌĞƉĂŝƌ LJ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ tĂƩ ŚĂĚ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞů ĞŶŐŝŶĞ ŚĞ ŚĂĚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƐƚĞĂŵ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů 3. He was in the right place at the right time sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂŶ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ǁĂƐ Ă ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ LJ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ tĂƩ ŚĂĚ ůĞŌ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĞ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ ŚĂĚ ďĞŐƵŶ EĞǁ ĨĂĐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽǁ ŵĂƐƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌͲŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂŶ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂĚLJ ĨŽƌ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ ĞŶŐŝŶĞƐ ƚŽ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƌLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĨĂĐƚŽƌŝĞƐ :ĂŵĞƐ tĂƩ ǁĂƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŽ ŝŶǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ƐƚĞĂŵ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŚĂĚ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŶ dŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ WATT’S IMPROVEMENTS tĂƩ ŝŶǀĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ĐŽŶĚĞŶƐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ƐƚĞĂŵ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞůŝĂďůLJ ĂŶĚ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚůLJ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Five things you need to know about the inventor ĂŶĚ ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂů ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌ Dƌ :ĂŵĞƐ tĂƩ James Watt: Timeline 1736 :ĂŵĞƐ tĂƩ ŝƐ ďŽƌŶ ŽŶ ϭϵƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ ŝŶ 'ƌĞĞŶŽĐŬ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ 1755 DŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ǁŽƌŬ ĂƐ Ă ŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐĂů ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚ ŵĂŬĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƐ ĂŶ ĂƉƉƌĞŶƟĐĞƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ LJĞĂƌ ^ŽŵĞ ĂƉƉƌĞŶƟĐĞƐ ƚŽŽŬ ƐĞǀĞŶ LJĞĂƌƐ 1756 ZĞƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŽ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐĂů ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ ďƵƚ ĨĂĐĞƐ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ůŽĐĂů ƚƌĂĚĞƐŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ ŚŝƐ ĐƌĞĚĞŶƟĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ >ŽŶĚŽŶ 1763 'ŝǀĞŶ Ă ŵŽĚĞů EĞǁĐŽŵĞŶ ƐƚĞĂŵ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƚƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ 1764 DĂƌƌŝĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĐŽƵƐŝŶ DĂƌŐĂƌĞƚ ;WĞŐŐLJͿ DŝůůĞƌ dŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĮǀĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ďƵƚ ŽŶůLJ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ůŝǀĞ ƚŽ ĂĚƵůƚŚŽŽĚ 1765 ĞǀĞůŽƉƐ ŵŽĚŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ŽĨ ƐƚĞĂŵ ĞŶŐŝŶĞƐ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚĞ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ 1768 ŶƚĞƌƐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ :ŽŚŶ ZŽĞďƵĐŬ ǁŚŽ ĨƵŶĚƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ tĂƩƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĞĂŵ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ 1769 WĂƚĞŶƚƐ ŚŝƐ ŝŶǀĞŶƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ EĞǁ /ŶǀĞŶƚĞĚ DĞƚŚŽĚ ŽĨ >ĞƐƐĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƚĞĂŵ ĂŶĚ &ƵĞů ŝŶ &ŝƌĞ ŶŐŝŶĞƐ

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Page 1: What about James Watt? Fivethingsyouneedtoknowabouttheinventor James Watt… · 2019-02-22 · What about James Watt? 1. He didn’t go to school very often: u Á © Á } v } ] Z

What about James Watt?

1. He didn’t go to school very often

2. He found a way to make steam engines more powerful

3. He was in the right place at the right time

4. He was short of cash

5. His inventions changed the world for ever

WATT’S IMPROVEMENTS

Five  things  you  need  to  know  about  the  inventor   James Watt: Timeline

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Page 2: What about James Watt? Fivethingsyouneedtoknowabouttheinventor James Watt… · 2019-02-22 · What about James Watt? 1. He didn’t go to school very often: u Á © Á } v } ] Z

1. He didn’t go to school very often

2. He found a way to make steam engines more powerful

3. He was in the right place at the right time

4. He was short of cash

5. His inventions changed the world for ever

WATT AND WATER PUMPING

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James Watt: Timeline

1736

1755

1756

1763

1764

1765

1768

1769

1772

1775

1777

1784

1819

1820

1832

1840  

 

1882

1944

1975

2011