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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.

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Watt, James, power manufacture, 436.

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Watt, James, his reciprocating steam-engine, 9.

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Watt, James, and the Locomotive, 64.

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Watt, James, improver of the steam-engine, 130.

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