Tour Scotland Photograph James Watt Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the James Watt statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Watt, born 1736, died 1819, was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer, born in Greenock. He designed the first economical steam engine in 1769 and patented an improved version which had a separate condenser to reduce the consumption of fuel and steam. He came up with the idea of the condenser while hiking on Glasgow Green one Sunday in 1765. The unit of electrical power was named in his honour in 1882. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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