Why did Thomas's steam engine fail to work?
used a great deal of fuel/badly designed/lots of heat wasted/costly
How many years did he need to think to repair this steam engine?
For 2 years
What was the discovery to repair it?
separate condenser
What were the difficulties to set to work to make a new model, his own design?
impossible to find good workmen/being sick/not enough money to buy materials
Whom did he meet near Birmingham?
Boulton
When did Boulton offer a partnership to James Watt?
in 1774
How many steam engines did he sell in 1776?
2
What is a patent?
noboby else could manufacture his steam engine.
Where is Cornwall?
in south-west England
What kind of were a lot in Cornwall?
tin mines
Tell 2 names of mills that ordered his steam engine.
paper/flour/cotton/iron mills
how many pumping engines could they sold in 1800?
700
Who designed the first successful steam motor vehicle?
George Stephenson
By whom the thought of the idea of railway steam engine?
James Watt
When did James Watt die?
in 1819
For remembering, what short term for unit used as electrical power?
watt
