
Peter W. Kingsford
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LOCATION: Hatfield, United Kingdom
Tutor, Extra Mural Department, University of London. Author of Engineers, Inventors, and Workers; Victorian Railwaymen and others.
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James Watt was a Scottish instrument maker and inventor whose steam engine contributed substantially to the Industrial Revolution. Watt was also known for patenting the double-acting engine and an early steam locomotive. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1785. (Read James…
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