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James Watt was born February 19, 1736 and died on
August 19, 1889. As a child he was often sick. This
kept James out of school. His mother had to teach
him how to read and write. James suffered from
severe headaches, so many people thought he was
retarded. Little did they know that this child that most
people didn't consider normal would lead America to
one of the most important stages The Industrial
Revolution. It all started when he traveled to England
to become a mechanic. Then he decided to come back
to Scotland. This is where he met Joseph Black.
Black though him some thing that he found
interesting about steam. This got Watt started in
thinking about how to make Newcomms steam engine
better. So in 1764 he got his first real challenge. He
got one of Newcomms machines that could not be
repaired. He repaired that machine without any
problem. Watt had one problem, he had no idea why
someone would be satisfied with a machine like this.

James decided to make a......

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