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'''James Watt''', born in Greenock, [[January 19]], [[1736]]. Died On [[August 19]], [[1819]], aged 83.
<br>Invented the [[Centrifugal Governor]] to regulate the speed of a [[steam engine]].
<br> A Scottish Engineer who helped greatly of the development of the embryonic steam engine into a viable and economic means of power generation. Watt realised that the [[Thomas Newcomen|Newcomen]] steam engine was wasting nearly three quarters of the steam energy heating the piston and chamber. Watt developed a separate condenser chamber which significantly increased the efficiency. Further refinements made the steam engine his life's work.
<br>He lived and worked in Birmingham.
<br>He started to use the term [[horsepower]] to compare steam engines. His value was 550 foot-pounds per second.
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