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Watt, James

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  1. A Scottish engineer active in the eighteenth century. Watt invented the modern version of the steam engine.

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Watt, James, 5, 8, 78, 79, 80, 81, 86, 154, 167, 170, 176, 182, 203, 206, 296, 341, 460.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

Watt, James, xi, 68; xii, 179; Humphrey Gainsborough and, vi, 133.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

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