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The 27 pages that link to James Watt, each with the reason it gives.

• Steam engineRelated: His separate condenser reduced fuel consumption and helped engines serve beyond mines.

• Blast furnaceRelated: Steam-powered blowing engines helped deliver the strong air blast demanded by larger furnaces.

• WattRelated: The unit was named in his honor for his contributions to steam power.

• Heat engineRelated: Watt’s improvements reduced fuel use and helped make steam power commercially practical.

• Mechanical engineeringRelated: His engine helped expand the use of mechanical power during industrialization.

• Humphry DavyRelated: Watt’s son Gregory was Davy’s close friend and supported his early scientific career.

• University of GlasgowRelated: Watt’s work on steam-engine improvements began while he was an instrument maker at Glasgow.

• ManufacturingRelated: More effective steam power enabled factories to operate beyond sites suited to water power.

• BirminghamRelated: His partnership with Matthew Boulton linked Birmingham manufacturing to steam-power development.

• Joseph BlackRelated: Black’s explanation of latent heat informed Watt’s understanding of steam and engine performance.

• SteamRelated: His separate condenser reduced fuel consumption in many steam engines.

• HorsepowerRelated: Watt popularized horsepower as a way to compare steam engines with horse work.

• Industrial societyRelated: His engine became a major power source for industrial production and transport.

• Centrifugal governorRelated: Watt adapted centrifugal regulation for steam engines, making the governor a landmark feature of industrial machinery.

• Matthew BoultonRelated: Watt developed the engine that Boulton financed, manufactured, and marketed.

• Robert FultonRelated: The improved engines associated with Watt provided technology Fulton adapted for marine propulsion.

• Watt steam engineRelated: His experiments and patents gave the engine family its name.

• Thomas NewcomenRelated: Watt’s improvements built on the atmospheric engine tradition Newcomen had established.

• William PlayfairRelated: Playfair worked as a draftsman for Watt and his partner Matthew Boulton.

• 18th centuryRelated: His engineering contributed to the mechanization that began near the century’s end.

• John SmeatonRelated: Smeaton and Watt were contemporaries whose engineering work helped define Britain’s industrial era.

• History of thermodynamicsRelated: His engine improvements helped make heat-engine performance a practical concern.

• Foot–pound–second system of unitsRelated: His engineering practice helped popularize foot-pound-based measures of work and power.

• History of the steam engineRelated: His condenser and commercial partnership helped expand steam power beyond mines.