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August 14, 2019August 19, 2019 Editor event, Events, goindustrialday

Industrial museums celebrate Watt

Scotland's industrial museums are celebrating the life and legacy of James Watt - on the 200th anniversary of his death. They are organising events and online activities as part of this year's "Go Industrial Day" on Sunday, August 25. A spokesperson said: "It seems fitting that Go Industrial should commemorate Watt, whose success was so … Continue reading Industrial museums celebrate Watt

August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 Editor Audio, Dundee, event, Events, goindustrialday

Steam engine honoured on Watt anniversary day

A Boulton and Watt steam engine - which takes pride of place in one of Dundee's leading museums - is to receive a prestigious heritage award .  . . on a very special day. The rotative beam engine - one of only five of its kind surviving in the UK - is the star object … Continue reading Steam engine honoured on Watt anniversary day

WORDS ABOUT WATT

“Watt succeeded at the age of 29, where older and more experienced engineers had failed. We tend to think of Watt as he appears in this portrait, middle-aged – but his great breakthrough was made in his twenties. He was a young Turk who showed his elders how to do it.”

Professor Gordon Masterton, University of Edinburgh

 

“An explorer of many things, and a great man.”

Andrew Carnegie

 

“For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Roentgen fogged some photographic plates. And these people knew enough to translate ordinary happenings into something new.”

Sir Alexander Fleming

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