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Born in 1736 Died in 1819. |
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JAMES WATT, born in Greenock, January 19, 1736. Died On August 19, 1819, aged 83. |
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A Scottish Engineer who helped greatly of the development of the embryonic steam engine into a viable and economic means of power generation. |
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A Scottish Engineer who helped greatly of the development of the embryonic steam engine into a viable and economic means of power generation. Watt realised that the Newcomen steam engine was wasting nearly three quarters of the steam energy heating the piston and chamber. Watt developed a separate condenser chamber which significantly increased the efficiency. Further refinements made the steam engine his life's work. |
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He started to use the term Horsepower to compare steam engines. His value was 550 foot-pounds per second. |
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