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James Watt (other)
James Watt (1736–1819) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of a revolutionary new steam engine. James or Jim Watt may also refer to: *James Watt junior (1769–1848), Scottish engineer, businessman and activist * James Cromar Watt (1862–1940), Scottish artist, architect and jeweller * Jim Watt (rugby union) (1914–1988), New Zealand rugby union player and paediatrician *James Russell Watt (1935–2022), New Zealand rugby union player *Sir James Watt (Royal Navy officer) (1914–2009), British surgeon, Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy *James G. Watt (1938–2023), former US Secretary of the Interior (1981–83) * Jim Watt (boxer) (born 1948), Scottish boxer *Jim Watt (ice hockey) (born 1950), American ice hockey player * James Watt (diplomat) (born 1951), British ambassador * James Watt (loyalist) (born 1952), former Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary * HMS ''James Watt'' (launched 1853), steam- and sail-powered Royal Navy ship named after the inventor * Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Watt
James Watt (; 30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world. While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines. He realised that contemporary engine designs wasted a great deal of energy by repeatedly cooling and reheating the cylinder. Watt introduced a design enhancement, the separate condenser, which avoided this waste of energy and radically improved the power, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of steam engines. Eventually, he adapted his engine to produce rotary motion, greatly broadening its use beyond pumping water. Watt attempted to commercialise his invention, but experienced great financial di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Watt Junior
James Watt junior, FRS (5 February 1769 – 2 June 1848) was a Scottish engineer, businessman and activist. Early life He was born on 5 February 1769, the son of James Watt by his first wife Margaret Miller, and half-brother of Gregory Watt. He was educated at Winson Green near Birmingham, by the Rev. Henry Pickering. His father was unable to find a better school, though dissatisfied with his son's progress. At age 15 Watt spent a year at the Bersham Ironworks of John Wilkinson; and then went to Geneva. There he lodged with Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure, and knew Marc-Auguste Pictet and Jean-André Deluc. Subsequently, he studied German in Eisenach. In Manchester In 1788 Watt returned to England and a position in the textile trade in Manchester. Initially he worked at Taylor & Maxwell, makers of fustian, where Charles Taylor was a partner. Watt worked there in the counting-house. He was then employed by the Manchester radical Thomas Walker, changing jobs just before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt (14 July 1862 – 19 November 1940) was a Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ... artist, architect and jeweller. Early life Watt was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, to parents Ann Hardy (a schoolteacher), and advocate's clerk Alexander Watt. He attended Aberdeen Grammar School between 1875 and 1879, after which he trained as an architect with W&J Smith in Aberdeen. Career In addition to W&J Smith, Watt also worked for George Aitchison in London, moving there in 1887 before returning to Aberdeen. He took various study tours: Belgium and Germany between May and June 1886, Italy and Sicily in 1890 -1891, and Greece in 1893. In the 1890s he transitioned from architecture to working in jewellery and enamel. His enamel work was part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Watt (rugby Union)
James Michael Watt (5 July 1914 – 17 September 1988) was a New Zealand rugby union player and medical academic. He was New Zealand's first professor of paediatrics, appointed at the University of Otago in 1967. Early life and family Born in Dunedin in 1914, Watt was the son of Mary Roberta Watt (née McCahon), an aunt of the artist Colin McCahon, and her husband Michael Herbert Watt, a general practitioner and later a public health administrator. He was educated at Wellesley College and then Wellington College, where he was the athletics champion, a member of the 1st XV rugby team and head prefect. After a year at Victoria University College, Watt studied medicine at the University of Otago, graduating MB ChB in 1937. While at university, he won the New Zealand universities 440 yards athletics title every year from 1934 to 1937. Following graduation, Watt worked at Wellington Hospital for two years as a house surgeon. Rugby union A wing three-quarter, Watt represented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Watt
James Russell Watt (29 December 1935 – 25 June 2022) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Watt represented , , and at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, between 1957 and 1962. He played 42 matches for the All Blacks including nine internationals, scoring 114 points in all. On 30 April 1960, Watt became engaged to Betty Thorner, and the couple later married. Watt died on 25 June 2022 in Silverstream Silverstream is a suburb of Upper Hutt in New Zealand, just under 7 km south-west of the Upper Hutt CBD. It is in the lower (southern) part of the North Island of New Zealand at the southern end of Upper Hutt, close to the Taitā Gorge, ..., at the age of 86. References 1935 births 2022 deaths Rugby union players from Dunedin People educated at Otago Boys' High School New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Otago rugby union players Southlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Watt (Royal Navy Officer)
Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Watt (19 August 1914 – 28 December 2009) was a British surgeon, Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy, 1972–1977 and maritime historian. Early life He was born in Morpeth, Northumberland and was educated at the King Edward VI School there, before entering Durham University, where he qualified in medicine in 1938. Career He started work as a house surgeon at Ashington Hospital, Northumberland and as resident medical officer at Princess Mary Maternity Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. When the Second World War started he joined the Royal Navy, spending most of the time in the Far East, the North Atlantic and the Pacific."The Fight of Faith: lives and testimonies from the battlefield" Bray,P./Claydon,M. (Eds) Ch 4 p42(Blake, R.): London, Panoplia, 2013 When the war finished he continued his medical career at Guy's Hospital, London and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but then rejoined the Navy as a surgical specialist. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
