home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ Eyewitness: Encyclopedia of Science / Mac_DorlingKindersley_EyewitnessEncyclopediaOfScience.iso / mac / WHWH / WATT / WATT000M.DIB (.png) next >
Bitmap Image  |  1995-06-29  |  116KB  |  532x445  |  8-bit (165 colors)
Labels: book | bulletin board | favorite son | person | tie
OCR: JAMES ATT (1736- 1819) HE SCOTTISH inventor James Watt improved the design the early steam engine, ensur ring that could be pasn successfully throughout ind ustry. He refined the steam engine desi igned by the English eng ineer Thomas Newcomen (1663 1729 and made more efficient. Watt's work helped to bring about the industrial revolution it Britain. The new Watt steam engines provided much of the power for Britain's industries during the 1800s. The watt W the unit of work power, named for James Watt. The power of most electrical devices, such as light bulbs and heaters, rated in watts. LFE ALSO STORY ensuring used designed