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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
World famous in Scotland
Listening to CBC One's Ideasprogram on early steam engines last night, I heard a Scots expert say about James Watt, "We all know his story, I guess," and I realized: I know next to no personal anecdotes about Watt, nothing on the level of what I know about Newton; and other people do.
Image: Watt's engine, turning linear motion into circular motion. And don't forget the condensers.
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