James Watt Research Paper

James watt was born on January 19, 1736. He was born in Greenock, Scotland. James dad was also named James Watt and Agnes Muirhed was his mom. James dad was a carpenter. His dad would help make ships for a living. James found all this interesting and had his dad teach him about carpentry and ships. James learned everything there was to learn about ships at a young age. His family was poor growing up because if a ship was wrecked his father was to blame and a lot of his finances were taken. Also at this time James was having health problems, where he was struggling from migraines and tooth aches. During this time his father knew how smart he was and needed to get him to a location with a better education than Greenock. Somehow he was able to

In London, James got a job as an apprentice at an instrument making shop. James did not get paid a lot but was good at what he did so he began to make his way up the chains of his new job. Within two months James was better than the lead apprentice who had been there for two years. James worked extremely hard and worked for ten hours a day. Due to all this work and low pay his health got bad and he had hardly any money to eat on. On top of all this there was there was a war going on and they were not allowed to be on the streets except during certain times. James survived his first year there and it was his time to go once

James had directed his life all to the steam engine. James retired at the age of sixty four. James watt retired famous. James contributed so much to the steam engine and if was not for him it would not be like it is today. The word Watt is used as the SI unit for power because of all that has done. Watt’s fame that he gained when he retired people said was well deserved and certainly not just given. There was also another thing named after him which is the Watt engine, which he did create. The Watt engine was used in saw mills and what the engine does was lift heavy things. The Watt engine replaced the job that twelve horses had to