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Matthew Boulton, James Watt's partner, was born in Birmingham, England.
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James Watt was born in Greenock Scotland.
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Watt was working with an instrument maker while he was at the University of Glasgow, and he became interested in the technology of steam engines. He saw that the engine design wasted a lot of energy by constantly cooling and reheating the cylinder. Watt introduced a design change, the separate condenser, which avoided this waste of energy and improved the power by a lot.
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Watt was given a model of a newcomen to repair. It did not have a water pump. So, this sparked his boost, and he began to think about developing the steam engine.
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James Watt Started developing steam engine because he had seen the first steam powered water pumping system.
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Watt wanted to release his product, but was in extreme financial difficulties.To solve this, he formed a partnership with Matthew Boulton.
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Steam engine with all improvements was released. It used 75% less fuel than the earlier Newcomen engine. It was called the Boulton and Watt steam engine.
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Died in 1809, at the age of 81 in Birmingham, England.
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Steam engine was put on a boat, which was called a steam boat, and greatly improved transportation.
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James Watt died at the age of 83 in Handsworth, West Midlands.
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