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Industrial revolution, a documentary history

Subject:
Boulton, Matthew 1728-1809 Archives  Search this
Watt, James 1736-1819 Archives  Search this
Birmingham Reference Library  Search this
Physical description:
144 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map, portraits ; 21 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Microform catalogs
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1997
Topic:
Manuscripts on microfilm  Search this
Industrial revolution--Sources  Search this
Engineering--Sources  Search this
Call number:
HC254.5 .I64 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1059788
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A comparative statement of the effects of Messrs. Boulton and Watt's steam engines : with Newcommen's and Mr. Hornblower's

Author:
Wilson, Thomas  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Boulton, Matthew 1728-1809  Search this
Newcommen, Thomas 1663-1729  Search this
Hornblower, Jonathan Carter 1753-1815  Search this
Physical description:
25, [3] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1850
Date:
1792
Topic:
Steam-engines  Search this
Call number:
TJ464 .W45 1792
TJ464.W45 1792
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_387306
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Catalogue of Watt centenary exhibition

Title:
Board of education, Science museum
Watt centenary exhibition
Author:
Science Museum (Great Britain)  Search this
Great Britain Board of Education  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819 Catalogs  Search this
Science Museum (Great Britain) Catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
45 p. front. (port.) 25 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1919
Topic:
Mechanical engineering  Search this
Machinery  Search this
Call number:
TJ6.L5 S416 1919
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_484274
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Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water : with a letter from his son / edited with introductory remarks and an appendix by James Patrick Muirhead ..

Author:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Muirhead, James Patrick 1813-1898  Search this
Former owner:
Rennie, George 1791-1866 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[6], cxxvii, [1], 264, [1] leaf of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1846
Topic:
Water--Composition  Search this
Call number:
QD3 .W34 1846
QD3.W34 1846
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_418968
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A system of mechanical philosophy / by John Robison ... ; with notes, by David Brewster ... ; in four volumes and a volume of plates

Author:
Robison, John 1739-1805  Search this
Brewster, David 1781-1868  Search this
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
4 v., 50 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Early works to 1850
Date:
1822
Topic:
Mechanics  Search this
Steam-engines  Search this
Astronomy  Search this
Physics  Search this
Call number:
Q160 .R66 1822
Q160.R66 1822
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_444177
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The life of James Watt, with selections from his correspondence. By James Patrick Muirhead. Illustrated with woodcuts

Author:
Muirhead, James Patrick 1813-1898  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
424 p. front., illus., plates, ports., fold. facsim. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1859
Call number:
TA140.W34 M95
TA140.W34M95
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_40735
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Memorials of the lineage, early life, education, and development of the genius of James Watt / by George Williamson ..

Author:
Williamson, George 1819-1865  Search this
Williamson, James  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
x, [2], xi, [12]-262 p., [19] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill., ports., map, facsims. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1856
Call number:
TA140.W3W7X 1856
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_418967
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The origin and progress of the mechanical inventions of James Watt : illustrated by his correspondence with his friends : and the specifications of his patents / by James Muirhead ... in three volumes ..

Author:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Muirhead, James Patrick 1813-1898  Search this
Former owner:
Craig, John DSI  Search this
Putnam, Mary Lowell 1810-1898 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
3 v., [37] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1854
Topic:
Inventions  Search this
Call number:
TA140.W3 A2 1854
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_421989
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The financial history of Matthew Boulton, 1759 - 1800 / by J.E. Cule

Author:
Cule, J. E  Search this
Subject:
Boulton, Matthew 1728-1809  Search this
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 304 p
Type:
Books
Date:
1990
1935
Topic:
Steam-engines  Search this
Call number:
TJ485.W34 C96 1935a
TJ485.W34C96 1935a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402975
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Historical eloge of James Watt by M. Arago ... Tr. from the French, with additional notes and an appendix by James Patrick Muirhead

Author:
Arago, F (François) 1786-1853  Search this
Muirhead, James Patrick 1813-1898  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
261 p. illus. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1839
Call number:
TA140.W3 A6X
TA140.W3A6X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_45935
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Partners in science : letters of James Watt and Joseph Black / Edited with introductions and notes by Eric Robinson and Douglas McKie

Author:
Robinson, Eric 1924-  Search this
McKie, Douglas  Search this
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Black, Joseph 1728-1799  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 502 p. : facsims. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1970
1970, c1969
Topic:
Engineers--Correspondence  Search this
Chemists  Search this
Chemists--Correspondence  Search this
Call number:
TA140.W3 R6p 1970
TA140.W3R6p 1970
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_77900
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The life of James Watt : with selections from his correspondence / by James Patrick Muirhead ..

Author:
Muirhead, James Patrick 1813-1898  Search this
Former owner:
Pilleau, Arthur DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 572 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1859
Topic:
Steam  Search this
Call number:
TA140.W34 M95 1859b
TA140.W34M95 1859b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_351290
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Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water; with a letter from his son. Edited with introductory remarks and an appendix by James Patrick Muirhead

Author:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Muirhead, James Patrick 1813-1898  Search this
Physical description:
cxxvii, 264, 16 p. illus., ports. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1846
Topic:
Water--Composition  Search this
Call number:
QD169.W3 W34 1846
QD169.W3W34 1846
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_325331
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The Garret workshop of James Watt, by H.W. Dickinson

Author:
Dickinson, H. W (Henry Winram) 1870-1952  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
23 p. illus., port. 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1929
Call number:
TA140.W34 D55
TA140.W34D55
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_86324
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Watt's perfect engine : steam and the age of invention / Ben Marsden

Title:
Steam and the age of invention
Author:
Marsden, Ben  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 213 p. : ill ; 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2002
C2002
Topic:
Steam-engines--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_835626
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The triumphs of steam : or, stories from the lives of Watt, Arkwright, and Stephenson / by the author of "Might not right," "Our Eastern empire," "The martyr land." & c

Author:
[Burrows, Mrs. E.]  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Arkwright, Richard Sir 1732-1792  Search this
Stephenson, George 1781-1848  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 16 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1860
Call number:
TA139.B97 1860
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_101515
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Papers

Author:
Smeaton, John 1724-1792  Search this
Author:
Davidson, John d. 1797  Search this
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Donor:
Dibner, Bern DSI  Search this
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 items
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Manuscripts (documents).)
Sources
Date:
1780
1780-1783
Topic:
Hexham Bridge  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
History  Search this
Science  Search this
Technology  Search this
Call number:
MSS 001379 A
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_179362
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On the inventions of James Watt : and his models preserved at Handsworth and South Kensington / Edward A. Cowper

Author:
Cowper, Edward Alfred 1819-1893  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
p. 599-631, [33] leaves of plates : ill. (some folded) ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1883
Topic:
Inventions  Search this
Call number:
T40.W345 .C87
T40.W345.C87
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_188059
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The Garret workshop of James Watt, by H.W. Dickinson

Author:
Dickinson, H. W (Henry Winram) 1870-1952  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
24 p. illus., port. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1949
Call number:
TA140.W34 D55 1949
TA140.W34D55 1949
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_158094
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James Watt and the separate condenser: an account of the invention, by R. J. Law

Author:
Law, Rodney James  Search this
Subject:
Watt, James 1736-1819  Search this
Physical description:
[4], 46 p. illus., facsims., ports. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1969
Topic:
Condensers (Steam)  Search this
Call number:
TA140.W34 L416
TA140.W34L416
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_14806

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