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James Watt

JAMES waTT

1736 - 1819

Often described as the inventor of the steam engine, Jess Watt, of Scottish descent, was a key figure in the Industrial Revolution. In fact, Jess Watt was not the first man to make a steam engine. Hero, the Alexandrian scientist, described similar machines in the first century AD. In 1698, Thomas Savery, an Englishman, patented a steam engine that was used to pump water. In the year 1712, the Englishman Thomas Newko recorded a modified version of that machine, and the Newko machine was of this type with very little return, so that it was only used to pump water from coal mines.

James Watt began to take an interest in the steam engine in 1764 while he was repairing a model of Newko's invention. Although James Watt had only one year of training in making machines, he had a talent for invention and the improvements he had made on Newko's invention were very important. He became worthy of the title of the first inventor of the steam engine. The first improvements he recorded in his patent in 1769 were separate for condensation and he also established the steam cylinder. In 1782 he invented the double-action engine, and with other smaller improvements, the efficiency of the steam machine increased four times or more. In practice, this increase in yield was the indicator of the difference between the clever invention, But it is not really useful, and the invention is of great industrial benefit. The watt was also invented
(in 1781) a set of gears to convert the mutual movement in the machine into circular motion, and this invention increased the benefits expected from the steam engine. He also invented in 1788 the centrifugal device. Added several other improvements.

In 1775 he partnered with Matthew Boulton, who was an engineer but an excellent businessman. Within twenty-five years, the Watt-Bolton Company manufactured a large number of steam machines, and both partners became strong. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of the steam engine. The fact is that there were several inventions that played a role in the industrial revolution. There were improvements in mines, metallurgy, and in various types of industrial machines. Many inventors have preceded Watt in this regard, such as (John Key), who invented the flying shuttle, and James. Har Graves, who invented the spinning machine, but Watt's invention was vital to the industrial revolution. Without it, the industrial revolution would have been very different from what it is now. In the past, most of the sources of power were taken from human muscles, which made the production capacity limited, but with the new element, which is the steam engine, the obstacle of relying on the limited effective human muscles was removed, and there were huge amounts of energy that could be obtained for production, and this energy is constantly increasing, and the oil embargo that took place in In 1973, he made Western countries and America realize how the shortage of energy can hinder the work of the industrial system, and this experience can give us, to a good degree, an idea of ​​the importance of Watt's inventions for the industrial revolution.