James watt age

The history of inventors is generally the same old struggle with

poverty. Sir Richard Arkwright, the youngest of thirteen children, with

no education, a barber, shaving in a cellar for a penny to each

customer, dies worth two and one-half million dollars, after being

knighted by the King for his inventions in spinning.

Elias Howe, Jr., in

want and sorrow, lives on beans in a London attic, and dies at

forty-five, having received over two million dollars from his

sewing-machines in thirteen years. Success comes only through hard work

and determined perseverance.

The steps to honor, or wealth, or fame, are

not easy to climb.



The history of James Watt, the inventor of the steam-engine, is no

exception to the rule of struggling to win.

James watt death

He was born in the little

town of Greenock, Scotland, 1736. Too delicate to attend school, he was

taught reading by his mother, and a little writing and arithmetic by his

father. When six years of age, he would draw mechanical