James Watt: The years of toil, 1775-1785

Download or read book James Watt: The years of toil, 1775-1785 written by Richard Leslie Hills and published by Landmark Books (Random House). This book was released on 2002 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Hills has worked from original records, checking printed versions where necessary and has shed new light on thus far obscure areas of Watt's life and personality. The book is fully referenced, and will be a valuable source-book for future Watt scholars, being not only a biography of Watt but also providing detailed accounts of the projects, machines and inventions with which he was concerned. Vol. 2 includes: the development of the mine pumping engine and its introduction to Cornwall; Problems encountered in Cornwall and the Cornish Metal Company; Watt's letter copying machine; Financial problems of Boulton and Watt; Development of the rotative steam engine - the crank and parallel motion; Watt's family and his advice as a technical consultant to the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol; Patent trails; Reconciliation with J.Watt junior and founding the Soho Steam Engine Manufactory in retirement