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He created a new type of workmen capable of executing his plans, working with, and educating them often with his own hands. Only thus did he triumph, laboring mentally and physically. Watt therefore must always stand among the benefactors of men, in the triple capacity of discoverer, inventor, and constructor. from "Captured by Steam"The steam engine, steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie notes here, was one of the bases upon which his own fortune was built-so why shouldn't he write a biography of its inventor, James Watt? As Carnegie explores the life and work of "one of the finest characters that ever graced the earth," we learn as much about Carnegie's philosophies of business and personal success as we do about Watt.

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(New York, June 14, 2000) — James C. Y. Watt, the longtime Brooke Russell Astor Senior Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and one of the world's most respected authorities on Chinese art, has been named Brooke Russell Astor Chairman of the Museum's Department of Asian Art, effective July 1.

Mr. Watt succeeds Wen C. Fong, who retires from the Museum effective June 30 and assumes the new title of C. Douglas Dillon Curator Emeritus.

Commented Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan, in announcing the appointment: "We are fortunate indeed that so distinguished and accomplished a scholar and curator as James Watt has accepted the challenge of leading the large, and growing, Asian museum within The Metropolitan Museum of Art. As a legendary figure in his field, and for 15 years a major presence at the Met, he is uniquely qualified to lead this department into the new millennium."

Commented Mr. Watt: "I am proud to succeed Professor Wen Fong in this position, and am thrilled to have the opportunity to lead the Department of Asian Art at th

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James Watt

Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist (1736–1819)

This article is about the inventor and mechanical engineer. For the college, see James Watt College. For the award, see James Watt International Medal. For other people with similar names, see James Watt (disambiguation).

James WattFRS FRSE (; 30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819)^[a] was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.

While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines. At the time engineers such as John Smeaton were aware of the inefficiencies of Newcomen's engine and aimed to improve it.^[1] Watt's insight was to realise that contemporary engine designs wasted a great deal of energy by repeatedly cooling and reheating the cylinder. W