The Industrial Revolution was a time that changed the way we live today and during the revolution there were famous inventors that made us change. One of the big inventors is James Watt he invented the first reliable steam engine. It was invented in 1712 and was an improvement of the Newcomen engine which was not as reliable or good. James's engine used a rotary pump the power and steam to get the engine working. One of James watt's partners was Matthew Boulton he helped a lot with the engine except James took all the credit for the engine.
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| This is Newcomen's engine where it is much smaller then James Watts engine And less reliable and efficient it was constantly breaking down and failing so someone decided to make a better one. |
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| This is James Watts engine which is much bigger more reliable by using a better pump and better efficiency to perform. |
What else did James Watt invent which was significant to the industrial revolution? What class of people could afford to purchase their own steam engine? and how did this affect them and their daily life?
ReplyDeleteThe engines were in between 1800$ and 5000$ so they were made for the upper class. James watt only invented the steam engine. The middle class family would make around 0.80$ a day so they couldn't afford much. The steam engine helped a lot with powering a lot of things and it came in handy most of the time.
DeleteWhy did Matthew Boulton not get any credit for helping make the steam steam engine as a partner of James Watt?
ReplyDeleteJames watt was the first one to present it to the people without him knowing.
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