The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain and eventually spread to the United States around the turn of the 19th century. The world was suddenly full of steam engines, wheels, valves, ...

When an inventor has a unit of measurement named after him, it's clear his work had more than a small impact on scientific and industrial progress. So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ...

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Scotland's History Enlightenment and Empire James Watt's steam engine The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on ...