Person Watt; James (1736 - 1819) Watt James 1736 - 1819 British Male Greenock, South Clyde, Scotland 19 January 1736 Heathfield, Birmingham 25 August 1819 Burial: St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Birmingham

Chemistry Engineering Career: Apprenticed to an instrument maker in London; Mathematical instrument maker in London; set up in business in Glasgow; mathematical instrument maker to the University of Glasgow (1757-1763); employed on surveys of the Forth and Clyde Rivers (1767); patented his idea of a steam engine with a separate condenser (1769); entered partnership with Matthew Boulton, Soho, near Birmingham (1774) Father of James Watt (FRS 1820) Fellow 24/11/1785 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: Robert E Schofield, 'The Lunar Society of Birmingham; A Bicentenary Appraisal' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 144-161 F F Cartwright, 'The Association of Thomas Beddoes, MD with James Watt, FRS' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 131-143, plate G L'E Turner, 'James Short, FRS, and his Contribution to the Construction of Reflecting Telescopes' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 91-108 Eric Robinson, 'James Watt, Engineer and Man of Science' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 221-232, plate R V Jones, 'The "Plain Story" of James Watt: the Wilkins Lecture 1969' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 194-220, plate Robert Fox, 'Watt's Expansive Principle in the Work of Sadi Carnot and Nicolas Clement' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 233-253 David F Larder, 'An Unpublished Chemical Essay of James Watt' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 193-210 W A Smeaton, 'Some Comments on James Watt's Published Account of His Work on Steam and Steam Engines' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 35-42 Paul A Tunbridge, 'Jean Andre De Luc, FRS (1727-1817)' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 15-33 Sir Kenneth Hutchison, 'The Royal Society and the Foundation of the British Gas Industry' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 245-270 Jennifer S Pugh and John Hudson, 'The Chemical Work of James Watt, FRS' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 41-52, plate D G King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin, Man of Ideas and Inventor of Words' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 149-180 Hugh S Torrens, 'First-Class Third Man?', review of John Griffiths, The Third Man - the Life and Times of William Murdoch (1754-1839) - the Inventor of Gas Lighting in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 161-163 A P Woolrich, 'Engineering Myths', review of Denis Smith, ed, Perceptions of Great Engineers: Fact and Fantasy in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 340-341 Desmond King-Hele, 'The 1997 Wilkins Lecture: Erasmus Darwin, the Lunaticks and Evolution' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 153-180 R L Hills, 'John Watt's Map of the Clyde' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 63-71 Desmond King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin's improved design for steering carriages - and cars' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 41-62, plate R W Jones, 'Dalton's unfortunate choice' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 15-33 F C Moon, 'Robert Willis and Franz Reuleaux: pioneers in the theory of machines' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 209-230 B Marsden, 'From Watt to Cardwell. The development of science and technology in nineteenth century Britain: the importance of Manchester, by D Cardwell, ed R L Hills' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 318-320 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 19 Jan 1736 - 25 Aug 1819 NA8295 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes e7b5ba64-4d43-40a8-aac1-f4923d940a63