Exploring the Life and Times of James Watt

[@gordonallan2798]

I was particularly interested in finding this excellent film while preparing for a mini holiday in Birmingham. I wonder if Dr Malcolm Dick realised that he dated the building of the steam engine foundry as 1996! It was of course 1796. A most enjoyable film though.

[@TimothyLast]

Lovely! Absolutely fascinating to find out more about the life of this amazing engineer. 🙂

[@eliotreader8220]

I love the well told story about Watt watching steam coming out of the family's kettle as the water inside it boiled. I also like the story about him figuring out how to fix that model steam engine

[@kylehewitt7]

James Watt is one of my ancestors, I didnt take my dad's last name but if I did I'd too be a Watt. So it's really cool to see how his life turned out and it's even cooler that my family made it's way onto the British £50 note

[@courtney4549]

Hahahah I’m a Watt as well, and we’re pretty sure James Watt is one of our ancestors as well

[@richardwatts9562]

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[@rudyardwalker9113]

Wonderful! I'm a descendant of Euler.

[@mohammedibrahim42]

Good to know that buddy I'm big fan of him, too he's great inventor 😁🤔

[@Liam-zt5pj]

James watt is my ancestor also- haha so weird 😂

[@michellewatts5145]

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[@rosscarroll6735]

Steam engine - greatest invention of the 1990s

[@callumturner4674]

James Watt is one of my ancestors as well, my second name is Watt in the honor of Him

[@mohammedibrahim42]

James watts was genius by all means 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 father of steam engine

[@SteamboatWilley]

"In 1996" You mean 1796, right?

[@electricmaster23]

Yeah, kind of a shame it wasn't annotated in.

[@reason827]

The father of Industrial Revolution.

[@rammingspeed5217]

He was also a tadger

[@Walter-w9v]

James Watt was the only Giant of the Industrial Revolution! Take away James Watt's Steam Power and Steam Engines, no Industrial Revolution! The one advantage Watt's Engine had over Newcomen's Pump ? Newcomen built his machine to supply Atmospheric Power. Watt built his machine to supply Steam Power.

[@screwdriver5181]

1790 not 1990 !

[@wetflannel6343]

His name is still all over inverclyde and greenock I'm very proud to walk the 'same' streets as him he also has a weatherspoons named after him called The James Watt 🤣

[@apexyao8931]

Excellent video! I wished that the background music can be softer.

[@wattage-uk9zt]

If the engine or pump provides Steam Power, then it's a Steam Engine or Steam Pump, ( James Watt's machines ). If the pump provides Atmospheric Power, then it's an Atmospheric Pump ( Newcomen's machines ).

[@hiltonroberts8742]

Where Watt a mystic, he would have opted for the "cold steam" option which requires more magical and less mechanical prowess.

[@wattage-uk9zt]

Watt's great "breakthrough" was nothing to do with efficiency, although it was more efficient. It was all to do with dumping Newcomen's Atmospheric Power and Arkwright's Water-Wheel Power for High Pressure Steam Power. To achieve that he had to INVENT a new engine, the world's first PRACTICAL High Pressure Steam Engine. For the first time in human history we had something that could replace, outperform and more importantly vastly outnumber the rare 2000 years old Water-wheel. Watt was proved right about extremely High Pressure Steam, we didn't get a viable Locomotive in the form of Stevenson's " Rocket " ( A Watt High Pressure Steam Engine on wheels) till years after his death.

[@Evan-e-cent]

Interestingly they did not mention use of high pressure steam at all in this documentary. The implication is that his contribution was to use a separate condenser so that the main cylinder did not have to be heated and cooled in each cycle. This improvement came 70 years after the development of Newcomen's Steam Engine, which used vacuum created by condensing steam. Of course vacuum is another way of describing the use of atmospheric pressure. The fact remains that the difference in pressure across the piston was created using the properties of steam. The Newcomen's engine was clearly a kind of steam engine.

[@Walter-w9v]

The vacuum is not another way of describing Atmospheric Pressure. Watt used a vacuum with Steam Pressure. Efficiency is a Red Herring, even though it was more efficient. Watt's big advance was to dump Newcomen's Atmospheric Power and Arkwright's Water-Power for Steam Power. To achieve that he had to invent a new engine, the world's first PRACTICAL Steam Powered Engine. It created an Industrial Revolution. Newcomen's machine was made to provide Atmospheric Power. Watt's machine was made to provide Steam Power.

[@dovyuri7697]

are there some related movie about this great inventor, please tell me

[@hiltonroberts8742]

This machine though, has to be fed with coal. So is it really our servant or have we become its slave?

[@TH-kn9lw]

Kind of both You scratch my back i scratch yours :D

[@supersmart671]

Bible was so influential in his life..

[@davidcolver2502]

The music is unnecessary and distracting.

[@jerrydeng6186]

NICE

[@ammanali2109]

Anyone go to the College in Birmingham?

[@sadikrady6066]

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[@nasalimbu3078]

Mark 1 Ship flyight

[@officialbritishtaxpayer5609]

This is really interesting potted history of the great man but would benefit from more relevant film and photo clips to illiustrate the various points. The erudite and knowlwdgeable academics, to take just one example, talking about Boulton and Watt's rivals (pre-1800) while showing a Parsons turbine or a locomotive of 100+ years later, hinders rather than helps the narrative and will only serve to confuse neophyte s wanting to learn about the subject.

[@ronicakmak3489]

My friend is trying to claim he is related to this guy lmao

[@supersmart671]

1990's 12:53?😢😢😢😢

[@fatimashabbir5574]

😧😧😧

[@walterbennie816]

Watt's great breakthrough was to dump Newcomen's Atmospheric Power for Steam Power. To achieve this he had to invent a new engine, the world's first practical Steam Engine. Watt was right, locomotives didn't arrive till after his death!

[@philnewcomers9170]

Newcomen.Newcomen.Newcomen. . ....

[@Walter-w9v]

Atmospheric Power, Atmospheric Power, Atmospheric Power!

[@Abhinavkumar-og3xd]

Please speak in hindi.

[@octaviawatts7087]

J

[@richardwatts9562]

HI