Here and there James Watt items to be auctioned

From: The Scotsman | Date: February 24, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

THERE is no doubt that James Watt was one of the greatest Scots of all time. The facts of his extraordinary life speak for themselves. He was the man who perfected the steam engine and gave Britain the power to fuel the industrial revolution. He was the man who invented the prototype for the photocopier. He was the man who first coined and defined the term "horsepower", and he was the man in whose honour the unit of electrical power was christened and whose name is to be found on every light bulb. He was all these and more besides.

It has even been said that but for James Watt the industrial ...

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