This 1870s illustration explains Parallel Motion as understood by James Watt, the Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer. James Watt (1736-1819) was said to have discovered the power of steam when he placed his hand in front of kettle that held a very hot liquid. Watt’s improvements to the steam engine were key to the changes that came with the Industrial Revolution. The text reads: A B is half the beam, A being the main centre; B E, the main links, connecting the piston-rod, F, with the end of the beam; G D, the air-pump links, from the centre of which rthe air-pump-rod is suspended; C D m

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This 1870s illustration explains Parallel Motion as understood by James Watt, the Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer. James Watt (1736-1819) was said to have discovered the power of steam when he placed his hand in front of kettle that held a very hot liquid. Watt’s improvements to the steam engine were key to the changes that came with the Industrial Revolution. The text reads: A B is half the beam, A being the main centre; B E, the main links, connecting the piston-rod, F, with the end of the beam; G D, the air-pump links, from the centre of which rthe air-pump-rod is suspended; C D moves about the fixed centre, C, while D E is movable about the centre D, itself moving in an arc, of which C is the centre the dotted lines show the position of the links and bars when the beam is at its highest position.

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