James Watt's (1736-1819) prototype steam engine

James Watt's (1736-1819) prototype steam engine Old Bess circa 1778. In this engine, which was erected at the Soho works, Birmingham, England, in 1777-1778, reciprocating motion was turned into rotary motion by a sun-and-planet gear train. From Lives of Boulton and Watt, Samuel Smiles, (London, 1861). Engraving

1736-1819 1778 Bess Boulton Erected Mechanical Mechanisation Reciprocating Rotary Soho Watt

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