Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho Mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine

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Robison and Watt’s conferences on the power of steam--Dr. Black and latent heat--Watt’s experiments on steam--His apparatus--The college model of the Newcomen engine arrives from London--Watt’s experiments upon it--His difficulties and perseverance--His instrument-making business improves--Takes a partner and opens a shop in the Salt Market--His marriage--Continued experiments on steam--His Sunday walk on Glasgow Green, and his first idea of the condensing engine--His experiments with the model, and successive difficulties--Anecdote of Watt and Robison and the new apparatus--The model engine--Removes to a cellar and erects a working engine--Mechanical and financial difficulties 118–137