INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL
CELEX CECyT 11 WILFRIDO MASSIEU
INTEGRATING TASK
TIMELINE OF FIVE RELEVANT HISTORICAL EVENTS
LEVEL:
ADVANCED I
TEACHER:
GONZALO HERNANDEZ
STUDENT´S
NAME: ZERAFINO HAZA
DATE: AUGUST
2019
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HISTORICAL EVENT I, JAMES WATT
AND THE STEAM ENGINE, 1776.
James Watt was born in 1736 and died in August
1819. He was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved
on Thomas Newcomen's steam engine with his own 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. He realised that contemporary engine designs wasted a great deal of
energy by repeatedly cooling and reheating the cylinder. Watt introduced a
design enhancement, the separate condenser, which avoided this waste of energy
and radically improved the power, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of steam
engines. Eventually he adapted his engine to produce rotary motion, greatly
broadening its use beyond pumping water.
Watt attempted to commercialise his invention,
but experienced great financial difficulties until he entered a partnership
with Matthew Boulton in 1775. The new firm of Boulton and Watt was eventually
highly successful and Watt became a wealthy man. In his retirement, Watt
continued to develop new inventions though none was as significant as his steam
engine work.
He developed the concept of horsepower,and the
SI unit of power, the watt, was named after him.
RELEVANT FACTS:
1. James Watt developed a steam machine that
gave way to the Industrial Revolution.
2. He realized that contemporary engine designs
wasted a great deal of energy.
3. He entered a partnership with Matthew
Boulton to commercialise his invention.
4. He developed more inventions but none was as
significant as the steam machine.
REFLECTION ON THE FACTS:
1. If he hadn´t developed his steam machine,
the industrial revolution would not have taken place at that time.
2. If he had not become interested in the
energy waste with contemporary machines, he might not have worked in that
field.
3. If he had not had an agreement with Boulton
, he might not have commercialized his invention.
4. If he had had more relevant inventions, he
might have had a greater impact through history.
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