Chapter XXIII

Watt’s closing years--His pursuits--His machine for copying
statuary--Medallions of his friends--His garret workshop--Mrs.
Watt’s rule over her husband--Tenacious retention of his
faculties--Is consulted by the Glasgow Waterworks Company--His
visits to Cheltenham and other places--Growth and improvement
of Glasgow--Watt’s interview with the brothers Hart--His
conversational powers--Sir Walter Scott’s panegyric on
Watt--His extensive and varied knowledge--His anecdotal
powers--Fondness for novels--Description of him by visitors
at Heathfield--His last improvements in the sculpture-copying
machine--His last illness and peaceful death--Monumental
honours--Lord Brougham’s inscription--His qualities and
genius--His modesty--His close observation--Facts and
theory--Watt and Smeaton compared--Universal application of
the steam-engine--Conclusion 488–514

INDEX 515

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT OF JAMES WATT _to face Title-page_
„ MATTHEW BOULTON _to face page_ 159
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Edward, second Marquis of Worcester 2
Ancient Greek Æolipile 3
Branca’s Machine 7
De Caus’s Steam Apparatus 9
Ruins of Raglan Castle 26
Dionysius Papin 31
Ancient Paddle-Boat 36
Thomas Savery 41
Section of Savery’s Paddle-Boat 43
Savery’s Fire-Engine 52
Huel Vor 55
Newcomen’s House, Dartmouth 60
Newcomen’s Atmospheric Engine 67
Ruins of Wheal Fortune 70
Polgooth 71
Jonathan Hull’s Steam-Boat 73
Dartmouth from the Harbour 76
Greenock and the Clyde, 1865 78
Greenock Harbour, 1768 79
Crawfordsburn House, Greenock 80
James Watt Tavern, Greenock 87
Trongate, Glasgow 97
Inner Quadrangle, Glasgow College 107
Isometric View of Glasgow College, 1693 108
The Broomielaw in 1760 116
Professor Robison 117
Papin’s Digester 120
The Newcomen Model 121
Watt’s House, Delftfield Lane 126
Watt’s first Improved Apparatus 130
Dr. Joseph Black 132
Kinneil House 142
Outhouse behind Kinneil 148
Hamilton Bridge 156
Port Glasgow 158
Birmingham 160
Soho Manufactory 169
Soho House 177
Watt’s House, Harper’s Hill 214
Map of United Mines District 231
Watt’s Pumping-Engine for Mines 236
Redruth, High Street 238
Cardozos Pumping-Engine 260
United Mines District and St. Day 261
Cosgarne House 275
Entrance to ditto 284
The “Waggon and Horses,” Handsworth 285
The Crank as applied in the Foot-Lathe 287
Interior of the “Waggon and Horses” 288
Old Engine-House, Dalcoath 306
Sun-and-Planet Motion 309
“Old Bess” Engine 326
The parallel Motion 334
The Governor 335
Polgooth Engine-House 339
Double Acting Engine, Albion Mill 355
Dr. Priestley 370
Site of Soho Mint 399
Burning of Dr. Priestley’s House 411
William Murdock 422
Murdock’s House, Handsworth 433
Miller’s Triple Vessel 437
Symington’s first Steamboat-Engine 441
Miller’s Experimental Steamboat 442
Machinery of the ‘Charlotte Dundas’ 447
The “Comet” passing Dumbarton 453
Watt’s House, Heathfield 456
Boulton’s Monument in Handsworth Church 478
The Garret at Heathfield 494
Water-Pipe in the Bed of the Clyde 497
Watt’s Chapel and Monument, Handsworth Church 508
Handsworth Church 514

BEGINNINGS OF THE STEAM-ENGINE:

THE EARLY INVENTORS.

[By T. D. Scott after Vandyck.]]

BEGINNINGS OF THE STEAM-ENGINE:

THE EARLY INVENTORS.