Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–1993.
James Watt
Standard Name: Watt, James
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sophia Lee | SL
's surviving brother, George Augustus Lee
, became a partner in a Manchester firm of cotton spinners, and forwarded the new technologies of Matthew Boulton
and James Watt
, who were both his friends. |
| Friends, Associates | Helen Maria Williams | On her return to Paris after Robespierre's death, HMW
and Stone lived in a house (where she held her salon) on the Quai Malaquais. After peace was announced between England and France in 1801... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck | Her close friends also included Sir Richard
and Lady Bedingfield
, a Catholic couple living in Sydney Place, London. Sarah Wedgwood
(wife of Josiah) wrote to a third party of MAS
's charming and... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Jane Marcet | JM
's preface establishes with admirable clarity what she seeks to accomplish, and rehearses for the first time in public her justification of scientific studies for girls. Her instructive dialogue is, as in her earlier... |
Timeline
1765: The Lunar Society of Birmingham, a group...
Building item
1765
The Lunar Society
of Birmingham, a group of half a dozen men with interests in experimental science, began to meet regularly.
Butler, Marilyn. Maria Edgeworth: A Literary Biography. Clarendon, 1972.
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Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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1769: James Watt received a patent (number 913)...
Building item
1769
James Watt
received a patent (number 913) for his first condensing steam engine, whose scientific principles he had discovered in 1764.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
1780: James Watt (building on Erasmus Darwin's...
Writing climate item
1780
James Watt
(building on Erasmus Darwin
's production two years earlier of a mechanically copied letter) marketed a copier for documents which enabled him to make multiple copies of contracts.
Pagden, Anthony. “Great Expectations of Themselves”. London Review of Books, 17 Apr. 2003, pp. 32-3.
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