Scottish engineer and instrument maker (born 1736)

James Watt

James Watt 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.

Born

1736

January 19

Died

1819

Era

1730s

Country

Scotland

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