From Wikipedia: > James Watt, FRS, FRSE (19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819)[1] was a Scottish > inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam > engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution > in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Oct 11, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Rich Knowles wrote: > We'll claim it until proven otherwise:) It's our job. > > Rich Knowles > Indigo. LF38 > Halifax > > On 2012-10-11, at 16:07, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > > Rich wrote: >> Hey Alex! As a Brit, I know that steam was one of our best inventions and >> was around long before diesels came along. ...<snip> > > Big Grins Here. The British invented the steam engine? Umm, and *Leonardo > /da Vinci /*was really an expatriate Brit, and the Mona Lisa is actually a > portrait of the Queen...
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