Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine (1865)
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and company; · leaf 108
haracteristic interest andanimation. As illustrative of the Chap. Y. WATTS BIRTHPLACE. James Watt. Three of her five children died in child-hood ; John, her fifth son, perished at sea when on avoyage to America in one of his fathers ships; andJames, the fourth of the family, remained her only… … JAMES WATT TAVERN, GREEiMOCE:[By R P. Leitcli.] From his earliest years James Watt was of an ex-tremely fragile constitution, requiring the tenderestnurture. Struggling as it were for life all through hischildhood, he acquired an almost feminine delicacy andsensitiveness, which made him shrink from…
