Watt, James

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

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But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
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Granted, James is in an office in the Pentagon, and not on the front lines.
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A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
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This leads him to some James Frey-style mythmaking of his own.
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James I. sent forth his famous "Counterblast" and in the strongest manner condemned its use.
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The statue in Ratcliffe Place was subscribed for in 1867, and the figure is very like the portrait of Watt.
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Watt's first pumping engine was started at Bloomfield Colliery, March 8, 1776.
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The cost of erection and the consumption of coal are not above one-third of a Boulton and Watt's, to perform the same work.
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Its first cost and expense in working to be much less than that of the Watt low-pressure steam vacuum engine.
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