James Watt and the steam revolution: a documentary history
Robinson, Eric, 1924-1969
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Published to coincide with the bicentenary of Watt's patent for the separate condenser, this book contains all the patents procured by James Watt for improvements in the steam engine. All his patents subsequent to the first of 1769 were accompanied by engineer's wash drawings, which are now reproduced for the first time in full colour. The text includes extracts from Watt's notebooks, his 'Directions for Erecting and Working the Newly Invented Steam Engine of 1799, letters between Watt and Boulton, James Watt Junior, Roebuck and others, and some important documents representing Watt's own views at different stages of his career on the state of the patent laws documents never previously published. Also included are a pamphlet printed in 1793 written by Thomas Wilson, Boulton and Watt's agent in Cornwall, describing their conflict with the Hornblowers; and extracts from proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas concerning the cases brought by Boulton and Watt against various adver-saries. The introduction gives a general account of Watt's patents, the conflicts that arose over them, and comments on Watt's views about amendments to the patent laws.
Main title:
James Watt and the steam revolution: a documentary history / by Eric Robinson & A. E. Musson.
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Imprint:
London, Adams & Dart, 1969.
Collation:
ix, 228 p., 27 plates. illus. (some col.), facsim., ports. 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Dewey class:
LH1G1
Local class:
LH1/G1
Language:
English
BRN:
1989489
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