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James Watt

James Watt was born January 19th,1736 at Greenock and at this time no one would
even begin to imagine his effect on the Industrial Revolution. When James was fifteen
years old he had read books about and become accustomed to Philosophy (kind of like
modern physics). He had also completed many of his own chemical experiments and even
started to produce and construct his own products such as a small electronic device that
really surprised his friends.
In 1755 he set out on horseback and arrived in London after about two
weeks. He tried to get a job in the instrumentation field although the shopkeepers could
not give him a job as he did not do an apprenticeship and was too old. Finally though he
found John Morgan of a company called Cornhill who agreed to bend the rules and offer
an apprenticeship for a year. He stuck to it hard and wanted to learn everything he wanted
in one year that would have normally taken three or four years for anyone else to......

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