James Watt: Inventor and Engineer Whose Improvements to The Steam Engine Were Fundamental to The Changes Wrought by the Industrial Revolution

James Watt (19 January 1736 - 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution.

PREFACE (in the words of Andrew Carnegie):

When the publishers asked me to write the Life of Watt, I declined, stating that my thoughts were upon other matters. This settled the question, as I supposed, but in this I was mistaken. Why shouldn't I write the Life of the maker of the steam-engine, out of w...