James watt biography video edgar

DOM:Today, we bring you a man who had a very special kind of genius.

DICK:He took an invention that had been around for more than 50 years, the steam engine, and made it a shedload better.

DOM:Yeah, he also made a shedload of cash.

DICK:So good was he, that you can still find his face on a 50 quid note, look.

DOM:Yeah, and, AND, also, the first letter of his surname you will find stamped on pretty much every lightbulb around the house.

DICK:Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we give you–

DOM:James watt.

WATTS:Alright boys.

DICK:'James Watt was born in 1736 in Grennock, Scotland.' The story goes that as a boy he was fascinated by the steam pouring out of a boiling kettle.'

DOM:'When he grew up, he became a mechanical engineer and started to eagerly explore how steam engines worked.'

DICK:'James Watt's genius was to take the steam engine an invention that had been around for many years and make it work better and more efficiently than anyone else h