HistoryMole Timeline: James Watt (1736-1819)

James Watt (1736-1819)	View or Print as PDF
Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer.

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1764 CE

James Watt invents the condenser.

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1769 CE

Scottish inventor James Watt patents an inproved condenser for a practical steam engine

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1769 CE

James Watt patents his first improved steam engine.

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1783 CE

Lavoisier verified conclusions by Cavendish, Priestley and Watt that water is the sole product when an inflammable air (hydrogen) is burned in oxygen. This was the first evidence that water is not an element but a combination of oxygen and another element.

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Last Updated: Sun, 18 September 2010