James Watt : culture, innovation and enlightenment /
James Watt : culture, innovation and enlightenment /
Malcolm Dick and Caroline Archer-Parré.
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
James Watt is celebrated as the inventor of the energy efficient pumping and rotative steam engines. Studies of Watt have focused on his inventiveness, influence and reputation. This book explores new aspects of his work and places him in family, social and intellectual contexts during the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.
9781789625042 9781789629767
Engineers--Scotland.
Steam engineering--History.--Great Britain
Electronic Books.
TA140 / .J364 2020
Includes bibliographies and index.
James Watt is celebrated as the inventor of the energy efficient pumping and rotative steam engines. Studies of Watt have focused on his inventiveness, influence and reputation. This book explores new aspects of his work and places him in family, social and intellectual contexts during the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.
9781789625042 9781789629767
Engineers--Scotland.
Steam engineering--History.--Great Britain
Electronic Books.
TA140 / .J364 2020