The Story Line In one sense the Industrial Revolution was gathering steam – but not very efficiently. The Newcomen engine which initially was developed in 1712 was in use at numerous locations in Britain but was expensive to operate on account of the system’s poor conversion of input energy – coal – to useful power… Continue reading James Watt’s walk on Glasgow Green
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James Watt is credited with the invention of the modern steam engine which paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. A Scot, born in Greenock, he developed his novel ideas about steam power while working at Glasgow University in the repair if a model of a Newcomen steam engine.