Summary Of The Most Powerful Idea In The World By Matthew Boulton

In the book The Most Powerful Idea in the World, Matthew Boulton offers James Watt advice, since he was Watt’s new partner. Matthew Boulton played an essential part in the success of the steam engine. Boulton was an English manufacturer who later became partners with James Watt. Boulton's career in engineering started in 1759 when he inherited his family’s toy making business. He used the money he had made and bought a bigger piece of land on which he planned to expand his business. Through this business, Bolton was able to expand his knowledge about mechanical engineering and was introduced to Watt. Boulton decided he wanted to help finance Watt and offer him assistance in his process of constructing the steam engine. Matthew Bolton was a reliable source due to the fact that he was an experienced engineer and had worked directly with Watt on his steam engine.

The author of the book, The Most Powerful Idea in the World, in which this quote is featured in is William Rosen. Rosen received a degree and graduated from UCLA and then became an author. Some of his other famous works include Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotic and the Birth of Modern Medicine and The Third Horseman. William Rosen was not biased towards this piece of writing because he had no personal connections to James Watt, the steam engine, or the Industrial Revolution. By writing this book, the author hoped to educate college students about the history of the steam engine and to provide background knowledge about the Industrial Revolution. The main purpose of Including Boulton’s message to Watt was to educate readers about the process of making the steam engine from someone else’s perspective. Since Boulton was still in collaboration with Watt, the readers were able to see Boulton’s thoughts on the Watt steam engine, while still learning valuable