James Watt

James Watt was born on January 19, 1736, at Greenock in Scotland, where his father was a shipwright. Jamie, as his parents called him, was not at all strong. He suffered from terrible headaches and this was naturally a great handicap to him both in play and later in work.
He could not start his schooling at as young an age as most children did, so his mother taught him to read, and his father taught him writing and arithmetic. He had a very good memory and a natural love of work.
He liked mathematics and was also fond of designing and making things. For hours he would dismantle his toys and then rebuild them to his own design with the help of a small set of carpentry tools given to him by father.
When James was able to go to school he was sent to a private school; and he also received private lessons. He learnt a lot of subjects, and became good at languages as well as at mathematics.
When James was fourteen he was given the famous book by Isaac Newton called Elements of Natural Philosophy. He found the book so interesting that he read it many times and spent much time thinking about it. He then started spending his free time on experiments. He made a small electrical apparatus with which ha gave his friends shocks that made them jump. At the same time he studied how steam could be condensed. Thought only fifteen, he was already beginning to acquire knowledge that was very important for him later when he began to design the steam engine. Soon after reading Newton’s book on natural philosophy, James began to read books on other scientific subjects – chemistry, medicine and anatomy.
James Watt, as a boy, spent much time in his father’s workshops. He...

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