James Watt

James Watt
James Watt
	Lukisan James Watt (1736–1819); by Carl Frederik von Breda
Lahir	19 Januari 1736; Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Meninggal	25 Agustus 1819 (umur 83); Handsworth, Birmingham, England
Tempat tinggal	Glasgow, Scotland, pindah ke Handsworth, Inggris
Kebangsaan	Scottish
Dikenal atas	Watt steam engine ; Separate condenser ; Parallel motion ; Sun and planet gear (with William Murdoch) ; Centrifugal governor ; Indicator diagram (with John Southern)
	Karier ilmiah
Bidang	Insinyur Mesin
Institusi	University of Glasgow; Boulton and Watt
Terinspirasi	Joseph Black; Adam Smith; John Robison (physicist); John Roebuck; James Keir
Tanda tangan

James Watt (19 Januari 1736 – 19 Agustus 1819) ialah seorang insinyur besar dari Skotlandia, Britania Raya. Pada awalnya ia tertarik dengan mesin uap karena memperhatikan mesin uap buatan Newcome yang kurang efisien. Lalu ia terus melakukan beberapa percobaan & penelitian. Ia berhasil menciptakan mesin uap pertama yang efisien. Ternyata mesin uap ini merupakan salah satu kekuatan yang mendorong terjadinya Revolusi Industri, khususnya di Britania dan Eropa pada umumnya. Untuk menghargai jasanya, nama belakangnya yaitu watt digunakan sebagai nama satuan daya, misalnya daya mesin dan daya listrik.

Referensi

^ Although a number of otherwise reputable sources give his date of death as 19 August 1819, all contemporary accounts report him dying on 25 August and being buried on 2 September. The date 19 August originates from the biography The Life of James Watt (1858, p. 521) by James Patrick Muirhead. It draws its (supposed) legitimacy from the fact that Muirhead was a nephew of Watt and therefore should have been well-informed. In the Muirhead papers, 25 August date is mentioned elsewhere. The latter date is also given in contemporary newspaper reports (for example, page 3 of The Times of 28 August) as well as by an abstract of and codicil to Watt's last will. (In the pertinent burial register of St. Mary's Church (Birmingham-Handsworth) Watt's date of death is not mentioned.)
^ Carnegie, Andrew. James Watt. The Minerva Group, Inc. hlm. 215. ISBN 0-89875-578-6, 9780898755787 Periksa nilai: invalid character |isbn= (bantuan).
^ Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag <ref> tidak sah; tidak ditemukan teks untuk ref bernama Clarendon press

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[deathdate-1] Although a number of otherwise reputable sources give his date of death as 19 August 1819, all contemporary accounts report him dying on 25 August and being buried on 2 September. The date 19 August originates from the biography The Life of James Watt (1858, p. 521) by James Patrick Muirhead. It draws its (supposed) legitimacy from the fact that Muirhead was a nephew of Watt and therefore should have been well-informed. In the Muirhead papers, 25 August date is mentioned elsewhere. The latter date is also given in contemporary newspaper reports (for example, page 3 of The Times of 28 August) as well as by an abstract of and codicil to Watt's last will. (In the pertinent burial register of St. Mary's Church (Birmingham-Handsworth) Watt's date of death is not mentioned.)

[2] Carnegie, Andrew. James Watt. The Minerva Group, Inc. hlm. 215. ISBN 0-89875-578-6, 9780898755787 Periksa nilai: invalid character |isbn= (bantuan).

[Clarendon_press-3] Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag <ref> tidak sah; tidak ditemukan teks untuk ref bernama Clarendon press

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