The story goes that Watt had the idea while idly watching a kettle boil on a fire during a walk around the green one Sunday morning. This makes it one of the few scientific discoveries which can be tied not just to a single individual, but also to a specific location, much like Newton's discovery of the theory of gravity.
Now, I've had some of my best ideas while wandering through Glasgow's many parks, but none have yet been quite of this calibre!
Beside the Nelson Monument on Glasgow Green (you can't miss it its the 144 foot tall pointy thing!) is this boulder. It marks the approximate location where, in 1765, James Watt had his revolutionary idea for improving the efficiency of steam engines by using a separate condenser, and in doing so, he helped kick-start the industrial revolution.
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It was around this time that Watt had his idea to greatly improve the efficiency of steam engines by adding a separate condenser, so helping to kick start the industrial revolution. The location of this workshop is marked by a plaque on the side of the current building.
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A large red sandstone Edwardian commercial building on the corner of Trongate and Albion Street in central Glasgow. Designed by Thomson and Sandilands, it was constructed for City Improvement Trust to house shops on the ground floor with space for offices above. It's built on the site where James Watt had a workshop in 1763.
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Georgia Toffolo reveals 'loneliness' after trying for baby with Scots Brewdog founder for five months
Georgia Toffolo in tears as she says she's been trying for baby for five months
So how did that go, James? Almost as well as #Brewdog .
Seriously he looks like someone put tiny googly eyes on a kneecap.
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James Watt statue beside the People's Palace in Glasgow. It was created by Charles Grassby in 1864 and originally stood in a niche above the entrance to D. And J. Anderson's Atlantic Mills on Walkinshaw Street in the East End of Glasgow. When the mills were demolished in the 1930s, it was donated to the Glasgow Corporation and erected on Glasgow Green.
It's built on the site where James Watt had a workshop in 1763. It was around this time that Watt had his idea to greatly improve the efficiency of steam engines by adding a separate condenser, so helping to kick start the industrial revolution. The location of this workshop is marked by a plaque on the side of the current building.
#glasgow.#architecture #architecturephotography #jameswatt #trongate
A large red sandstone Edwardian commercial building on the corner of Trongate and Albion Street in central Glasgow. Designed by Thomson and Sandilands, it was constructed for City Improvement Trust to house shops on the ground floor with space for offices above.
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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #jameswatt #trongate
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