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June 12, 2019June 18, 2019 Editor Birmingham, schools

Download free Watt factsheets

Teachers and community groups running workshops on James Watt and his family can now download free factsheets. The packs have been compiled by the Mrs History team - delivering sessions in schools around the Birmingham area, as part of the Watt 2019 celebrations, supported by the National Lottery and other funders. Download the factsheets by … Continue reading Download free Watt factsheets

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 Editor Birmingham, schools

Children learn what’s Watt

Youngsters in Birmingham are taking part in special lessons in schools to learn more about the city's adopted son, the inventor James Watt. Watt arrived in the city in his late 30s and is buried in St Mary's Parish Church in the Handsworth area. This year - 2019 - marks the 200th anniversary of his … Continue reading Children learn what’s Watt

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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