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James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

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Field of work
Inventions
Steam-engines
Mechanical engineering

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Images by James Watt

6 images from works
  • Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them / [Thomas Beddoes].
  • Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them in large quantities. [Parts I-II] / [Thomas Beddoes].
  • Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them in large quantities. [Parts I-II] / [Thomas Beddoes].
  • Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them in large quantities. [Parts I-II] / [Thomas Beddoes].
  • Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them in large quantities. [Parts I-II] / [Thomas Beddoes].
  • Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them / [Thomas Beddoes].

Images featuring James Watt

14 images from works
  • James Watt. Etching by J. Scott, 1869, after J. E. Lauder.
  • James Watt. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1820, after T. Griffiths after Sir T. Lawrence, 1815.
  • James Watt. Stipple engraving by C. Picart, 1809, after W. Evans after Sir W. Beechey.
  • James Watt. Stipple engraving by C. E. Wagstaff, 1845, after Sir W. Beechey.
  • James Watt. Stipple engraving, 1827, after Sir F. Chantrey.
  • James Watt. Wood engraving by [M. W.] after A. Munro.
  • James Watt. Stipple engraving by E. Finden after Sir F. Chantrey, 1832.
  • James Watt. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1820, after Sir W. Beechey.
  • The Soho Manufactory, Birmingham. Etching.
  • James Watt. Engraving after C. F. von Breda, 1792.
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Works from the collections

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10 works

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    Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them in large quantities. [Parts I-II] / [Thomas Beddoes].

    Thomas Beddoes | Date: [1794]
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    Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water. With a letter from his son / Edited with introductory remarks and an appendix by James Patrick Muirhead.

    James Watt | Date: 1846
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    Specification of James Watt : furnaces and fire-places.

    James Watt | Date: 1854
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    Considerations on the medicinal use, and production of factitious airs. : Part III / by Thomas Beddoes and James Watt.

    Thomas Beddoes | Date: 1795
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    Considerations on the medicinal use, and on the production of factitious airs / by Thomas Beddoes. Part II / by James Watt.

    Thomas Beddoes | Date: 1795
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Frequent collaborators

Thomas Beddoes
University of Bristol. Library
Bristol Medical Library Society
Kentish, Edward, -1832

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