WATT, JAMES 1 |
Scotland; England, 1736-1819, MIM PHIM |
Sector = KEN; Stick Barometer = RSM; Set of register plates = KEN. |
apprenticed to John Morgan in London; returned to Glasgow in 1756; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the College of Glasgow", 1757 to 1771; the engineer who developed the steam engine; invented several mathematical instruments; worked with Matthew Boulton in Birmingham, 1775. |
Greenock; London; Saltmarket, Glasgow (1759-64); Irongate, Glasgow (1764-71); Birmingham (1775); Heathfield. |
Taylor 2(548); Bryden 3 & 11; Goodison 1; Delehar 2; Dewhirst; RSW. |
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