Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Introduction
- I Representations
- 1 Of Statues, Kettles and Indicators – The ‘Mechanical Watt’
- 2 The Demise of the ‘Chemical Watt’ in the Nineteenth Century
- 3 The ‘Mechanical Watt’: The Making of a ‘Philosophical Engineer’
- II Realities
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
1 - Of Statues, Kettles and Indicators – The ‘Mechanical Watt’
from I - Representations
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Introduction
- I Representations
- 1 Of Statues, Kettles and Indicators – The ‘Mechanical Watt’
- 2 The Demise of the ‘Chemical Watt’ in the Nineteenth Century
- 3 The ‘Mechanical Watt’: The Making of a ‘Philosophical Engineer’
- II Realities
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- James Watt, ChemistUnderstanding the Origins of the Steam Age, pp. 11 - 32Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014