Memorials
Memorials

Author: George Williamson

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-21

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781332612734

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Excerpt from Memorials: Of the Lineage, Early Life, Education, and Development of the Genius of James Watt Merits of so transcendent a character surely claimed the unanimous testimony of his country's gratitude. AS yet, however, no public recognition of them had been made. It was only natural and becoming that such a testimony should originate in the town, and in the heart of the community which enjoyed the privilege of num bering james watt among its sons. Beyond the general advantages derived from his prolific invention that were shared in common with the rest of the nation, the town of Greenock lay under signal obliga tions to the generosity as well as the genius of Watt. The adapta tion of the steam-engine to the purposes of Navigation had given a remarkable impulse to its trade. The new requirements of this important branch of industry had caused the establishment of Found ries, Forges, and Engine-works, till then almost unknown in this portion of the country. A spirit of active enterprise had been evoked - not unobserved by the great mechanician himself; who, anxious that it might be rightly animated, - that the awakened ingenuity might be William Street, known as The Greenodc Tavern, Alan Swan. Kept by Mrs. Cunningham, and subsequently by William Kerr. Mrs. Lyle, and, in 1824, by Mrs. Fairlie. After James Mollison, M.D. Their removal to the Greenock Tavern, several new W'illiam Scott. (bookseller) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Memorials of the Lineage, Early Life, Education, and Development of the Genius of James Watt
Memorials of the Lineage, Early Life, Education, and Development of the Genius of James Watt

Author: George Williamson

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781359176943

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The Life and Legend of James Watt
The Life and Legend of James Watt

Author: David Philip Miller

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2019-04-18

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 0822986795

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The Life and Legend of James Wattoffers a deeper understanding of the work and character of the great eighteenth-century engineer. Stripping away layers of legend built over generations, David Philip Miller finds behind the heroic engineer a conflicted man often diffident about his achievements but also ruthless in protecting his inventions and ideas, and determined in pursuit of money and fame. A skilled and creative engineer, Watt was also a compulsive experimentalist drawn to natural philosophical inquiry, and a chemistry of heat underlay much of his work, including his steam engineering. But Watt pursued the business of natural philosophy in a way characteristic of his roots in the Scottish “improving” tradition that was in tension with Enlightenment sensibilities. As Miller demonstrates, Watt’s accomplishments relied heavily on collaborations, not always acknowledged, with business partners, employees, philosophical friends, and, not least, his wives, children, and wider family. The legend created in his later years and “afterlife” claimed too much of nineteenth-century technology for Watt, but that legend was, and remains, a powerful cultural force.

James Watt, Chemist
James Watt, Chemist

Author: David Philip Miller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1317314050

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Miller examines Watt's illustrious engineering career in light of his parallel interest in chemistry, arguing that Watt's conception of steam engineering relied upon chemical understandings.

Profit
Profit

Author: Mark Stoll

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2022-11-08

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1509533257

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Profit — getting more out of something than you put into it — is the original genius of homo sapiens, who learned how to unleash the energy stored in wood, exploit the land, and refashion ecosystems. As civilization developed, we found more and more ways of extracting surplus value from the earth, often deploying brutally effective methods to discipline people to do the work needed. Historian Mark Stoll explains how capitalism supercharged this process and traces its many environmental consequences. The financial innovations of medieval Italy created trade networks that, with the European discovery of the Americas, made possible vast profits and sweeping cultural changes, to the detriment of millions of slaves and indigenous Americans; the industrial age united the world in trade and led to an energy revolution that changed lives everywhere. But when efficient production left society awash in goods, a new sort of capitalism, predicated on endless individual consumption, took its place. This story of incredible ingenuity and villainy begins in the Doge’s palace in medieval Venice and ends with Jeff Bezos aboard his own spacecraft. Mark Stoll’s revolutionary account places environmental factors at the heart of capitalism’s progress and reveals the long shadow of its terrible consequences.