The model of the engine repaired by James Watt in 1765. The plaque reads 'In 1765, James Watt, in working to repair this model, belonging to the Natural Philosophy Class in the University of Glasgow, ...

In a third sample from the Hunterian Museum Poems, Jim Carruth looks at the engine which inspired the young James Watt and helped precipitate the Industrial Revolution; while, below, Hamish Whyte adds ...

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

A GREAT deal has been written on the steam-engine generally, but the author has not met with any connected record of the invention and construction of the first steam-engine—the atmospheric engine of ...

History proclaims that James Watt’s reinvention of the (Thomas) Newcomen steam engine with Matthew Boulton launched the Industrial Revolution and transformed the world. But history politely downplays ...

__1664: __Thomas Newcomen, creator of the first practical atmospheric steam engine, is born in Devon, England. Newcomen's exact birth date is a matter of debate. Some sources say "before Feb. 24," ...