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James Watt as a young man, c1769. Scottish engineer and instrument maker. Invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britain's textile mills. His engine had a separate condenser in which steam from the cylinder; (see notes)
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Add new Web site: Academia - Sabre versus Revolver: Mounted Combat in the American Civil War. Jun 05, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Research Note No. 22: Pistols and Revolvers. Dec 15, 2023
Article thoroughly revised. Feb 18, 2015
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Revolvers Work. Feb 09, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Revolver. Jul 23, 2008
Added new Web site: Antietam on the Web - Colt Army Revolver. May 01, 2007
Added new Web site: REME Museum of Technology - Pistols Revolver. May 01, 2007
Added new Web site: How Products Are Made - Revolver. May 01, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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