Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for James Watt across 3 places, from 1736 to 1819.
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James Watt (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his natiWikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where James Watt was documented, and when
19 January 1736exact date
Greenockattested“James Watt was born on 19 January 1736 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, the eldest of the five surviving children of Agnes Muirhead (1703–1755) and James Watt (1698–1782).”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
25 August 1819exact date
Handsworth, West Midlandsattested“He died on 25 August 1819 at his home "Heathfield Hall" near Handsworth in Staffordshire (now part of Birmingham) at the age of 83.”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
25 August 1819exact date
Staffordshireattested“He died on 25 August 1819 at his home "Heathfield Hall" near Handsworth in Staffordshire (now part of Birmingham) at the age of 83.”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
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Places James Watt is documented in
Greenock1 presence · 1736
Handsworth, West Midlands1 presence · 1819
Staffordshire1 presence · 1819
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25 January 1736exact date
Old West Kirkmentioned“Watt was baptised on 25 January 1736 at Old West Kirk, in Greenock.”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
1755year
Londonmentioned“Watt travelled to London and was able to obtain a period of training as an instrument maker for a year (1755–56), then returned to Scotland, settling in the major commercial city of Glasgow, intent on setting up his own instrument-making…”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
1755year
Scotlandmentioned“Watt travelled to London and was able to obtain a period of training as an instrument maker for a year (1755–56), then returned to Scotland, settling in the major commercial city of Glasgow, intent on setting up his own instrument-making…”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
September 1773month
Scottish Highlandsmentioned“In September 1773, while Watt was working in the Scottish Highlands, he learned that his wife, who was pregnant with their third child, was seriously ill.”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
1781year
Cornwallmentioned“Edward Bull started constructing engines for Boulton and Watt in Cornwall in 1781.”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
1786year
Parismentioned“In late 1786, while in Paris, he witnessed an experiment by Claude Louis Berthollet in which he reacted hydrochloric acid with manganese dioxide to produce chlorine.”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
1794year
Hotwellsmentioned“By 1794, Watt had been chosen by Thomas Beddoes to manufacture apparatuses to produce, clean and store gases for use in the new Pneumatic Institution at Hotwells in Bristol.”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
1794year
Bristolmentioned“By 1794, Watt had been chosen by Thomas Beddoes to manufacture apparatuses to produce, clean and store gases for use in the new Pneumatic Institution at Hotwells in Bristol.”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
1795year
Soho Manufactorymentioned“Gradually, the partners began to actually manufacture more and more of the parts, and by 1795, they purchased a property about a mile away from the Soho Manufactory, on the banks of the Birmingham Canal, to establish a new foundry for th…”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
1795year
Sohomentioned“Gradually, the partners began to actually manufacture more and more of the parts, and by 1795, they purchased a property about a mile away from the Soho Manufactory, on the banks of the Birmingham Canal, to establish a new foundry for th…”source: Wikipedia: James Watt
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