Categories: Biographical notes
James Watt (1736 – 1819) was a Scottish engineer and chemist who developed more efficient steam engines – considered an important factor in the progress of the industrial revolution. A key contribution was inventing the discrete condenser that avoided steam being condensed in the main cylinder, and so cooling it each cycle.
The S.I. unit of power is named after Watt.
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