Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho MssBOULTON AND WATT, ENGINEERS, BIRMINGHAM.Reading editionChapter navigation30 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterLIVES OF BOULTON and WATT.PREFACE.BEGINNINGS OF THE STEAM-ENGINE: THE EARLY INVENTORS.Chapter I · Dawnings of Steam Power—The Marquis of Worcester.Chapter II · Sir Samuel Morland—Dr. Dionysius Papin.Chapter III · Captain Savery—His Fire-engine.Chapter IV · Thomas Newcomen—The Atmospheric Engine.JAMES WATT: HIS BOYHOOD AND EARLY LIFE: MECHANICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, SURVEYOR, AND INVENTOR.Chapter V · James Watt—Lineage and Birthplace—Boyhood and Apprenticeship.Chapter VI · James Watt, Mathematical Instrument Maker.Chapter VII · Watt’s Experiments on Steam—Invents the Separate Condenser.Chapter VIII · Watt’s Connexion with Dr. Roebuck—Watt acts as Surveyor and Engineer.BOULTON AND WATT, ENGINEERS, BIRMINGHAM.Chapter IX · Birmingham—Matthew Boulton.Chapter X · Boulton and the Steam Engine—Correspondence with Watt.Chapter XI · Boulton and Watt—Their Partnership.Chapter XII · Boulton and Watt begin the Manufacture of Steam-engines.Chapter XIII · Watt in Cornwall—Introduction of his Pumping-engines.Chapter XIV · Financial Difficulties—Boulton in Cornwall—Attack and Defence of the Engine Patent.Chapter XV · Watt again visits Cornwall—Invention of the Rotary Motion—The Patent Right again assailed.Chapter XVI · More Difficulties and more Inventions—Boulton again in Cornwall.Chapter XVII · Commercial Politics—The Albion Mills—Riots in Cornwall—Prosperity of Boulton and Watt.Chapter XVIII · Friends of Boulton and Watt—The Lunar Society.Chapter XIX · Boulton’s Application of the Steam-engine to Coining.Chapter XX · Prosperity of Soho—Young Boulton and Watt—The Riots—William Murdock.Chapter XXI · Application of Steam-power to Navigation—Miller and Symington—Boulton and Watt’s Engine adopted by Fulton.Chapter XXII · Declining Years of Boulton and Watt—Bereavements—Gregory Watt—Death of Boulton.Chapter XXIII · Closing Years of James Watt—His Death—Conclusion.INDEX.Previous chapter ←Chapter VIII · Watt’s Connexion with Dr. Roebuck—Watt acts as Surveyor and Engineer.Next chapter →Chapter IX · Birmingham—Matthew Boulton.All chapters and sections (30)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsLIVES OF BOULTON and WATT.PREFACE.BEGINNINGS OF THE STEAM-ENGINE: THE EARLY INVENTORS.Chapters1234Other sectionsJAMES WATT: HIS BOYHOOD AND EARLY LIFE: MECHANICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, SURVEYOR, AND INVENTOR.Chapters5678Other sectionsBOULTON AND WATT, ENGINEERS, BIRMINGHAM.Chapters91011121314151617181920212223Other sectionsINDEX.BIRMINGHAM.◇[By Percival Skelton.]◇← CHAPTER VIII. Watt’s Connexion with Dr. Roebuck—Watt acts as Surveyor and Engineer.CHAPTER IX. Birmingham—Matthew Boulton. →
