(1736-1819) Scottish engineer and inventor of the steam engine after whom electrical wattage is named
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James watt Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
james watt
n : scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819) [syn: watt, james watt]
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1. Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
(synonym) Watt
(hypernym) engineer, applied scientist, technologist
James watt Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
James Watt, FRS, FRSE (19 January 173625 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
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