Watt, James, 1736-1819

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Scottish inventor.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to Robert Mylne, 1785 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660869

From the description of Autograph letter signed Boulton & Watt : Birmingham, to Messrs. Fermin De Tastet & Co., 1791 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660856

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referencedIn Penrose, Charles, 1886-1958. Monday, January 19, 1736 in North America : typescript, 1936 Jan. 21. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Papers of Joseph Black (1728-1799), 1754-1799 Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Records of the Watt Club, 1854 -to present Heriot-Watt University Archives
referencedIn Papers of John Robison (1739-1805), [ca.1780]-1797 Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Baker, Joseph B. Trade catalogs of engines, 1878-1940. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Jean André DeLuc papers, 1746-1847 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Smeaton, John, 1724-1792. Papers. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Ganter, Herbert Lawrence, 1904-1980. Research materials, ca. 1680-1948, concerning William Small (1734-1775). Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Coffin, Isaac, 1759-1839. Letters, 1817-1821. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Gregory Watt manuscript material : 1 item, 1799 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn Records, publications and artefacts relating to James Watt, 1705-1990 Heriot-Watt University Archives
creatorOf Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809. Additional papers of the Lewis family [manuscript] 1791-1864. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Osborne, W. A. (William Alexander), b. 1873. Papers of William Alexander Osborne [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Watt, James, 1736-1819. Papers. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983. American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Watt, James, 1736-1819. [Letter to Mr. John Hall, engineer at Messers Sam'l Walker's Comp'y of Rotherham, Yorkshire, dated July 2, 1782 : relative to the working gear of an engine]. Oregon State University Libraries
referencedIn Joseph Bradley Murray collection, 1706-1958 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Luc, J. A. de (Jean André), 1727-1817. Jean André DeLuc papers, 1746-1847 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907. Letters. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Stuart, Charles. Letter. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Fuller, B. A. G., 1879-1956. Autograph collection, 1620-1920 Houghton Library
referencedIn Murray, Joseph Bradley, 1888-1961,. Joseph Bradley Murray collection, 1706-1958 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Watt, James, 1736-1819. Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to Robert Mylne, 1785 Dec. 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Barchas, Cecile M.,. Portrait prints of scientists, 1473-1898. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. Papers, 1757-1836. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Watt, James, 1736-1819. Autograph letter signed Boulton & Watt : Birmingham, to Messrs. Fermin De Tastet & Co., 1791 Jan. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Watt, Gregory, 1777-1804. Gregory Watt manuscript material : 1 item, 1799 New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Luc, J. A. de (Jean André), 1727-1817. Papers. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Sir James Paget correspondence, 1784-1932, 1784-1932 American Philosophical Society
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associatedWith Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 person
associatedWith Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 person
associatedWith Coffin, Isaac, 1759-1839. person
associatedWith Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 person
associatedWith Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 person
associatedWith Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 person
associatedWith Darlington, William, 1782-1863 person
associatedWith Dibner, Bern, person
associatedWith Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. person
associatedWith Edinburgh School of Arts corporateBody
associatedWith Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 person
associatedWith Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 person
associatedWith Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 person
associatedWith Fermin De Tastet & Co, corporateBody
associatedWith Fitch, John person
associatedWith Fuller, B. A. G. (Benjamin Apthorp Gould), 1879-1956 person
associatedWith Ganter, Herbert Lawrence, 1904-1980. person
associatedWith Genth, F. A., (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 person
associatedWith Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 person
associatedWith Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 person
associatedWith Harding, Warren G. person
associatedWith Heriot-Watt College corporateBody
associatedWith Heriot-Watt University corporateBody
associatedWith Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907. person
associatedWith Luc, J. A. de (Jean André), 1727-1817. person
associatedWith Luc, J. A. de (Jean André), 1763-1847 person
associatedWith Murray, Joseph Bradley, 1888-1961, person
associatedWith Mylne, Robert, 1734-1811, person
associatedWith Newcomb, Simon person
associatedWith Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 person
correspondedWith Osborne, W. A. (William Alexander), b. 1873. person
associatedWith Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899 person
associatedWith Penrose, Charles, 1886-1958. person
associatedWith Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 person
associatedWith Rennie, John, 1761-1821. person
associatedWith Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 person
associatedWith Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 person
associatedWith Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 person
associatedWith Seybert, Adam, 1773-1825 person
associatedWith Smeaton, John, 1724-1792. person
associatedWith Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 person
associatedWith Stevens, Henry person
associatedWith Stuart, Charles. person
associatedWith Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 person
associatedWith Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 person
associatedWith Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865 person
associatedWith Watt Club corporateBody
associatedWith Watt, Gregory, 1777-1804. person
associatedWith Wayne, Anthony person
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Steam engines
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Birth 1736-01-19

Death 1819-08-25

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