Vin CONTENTS. 



PAOK 



Character of Young. — His Position as a Physician. — His 



Engagement on the Nautical Almanac. — His Death- • 330 

 Note by the Author 350 



JAMES WATT. 



Preliminary Notice 351 



Infancy and Youth of James Watt. — His Advancement 

 to the Appointment of Engineer to the University of 



Glasgow 352 



Principles of the Steam-Engine 362 



History of the Steam-Engine in Ancient Times 366 



History of the Steam-Engine in Recent Times 370 



Modern Steam-Engine 379 



Watt's Labours in the Steam-Engine 387 



Machines considered relative to their Effect on the Wel- 

 fare of the Working Classes 407 



Press for Copying Letters. — Heating by Steam. — Compo- 

 sition of Water. — Bleaching by the Aid of Chlorine. — 

 Essay on the Physiological Effects that may result from 



Breathing various Gases 424 



Watt in Private Life. — Details of Events and of his Dis- 

 position. — His Death. — Numerous Statues erected to 



his Memory. — Reflections 441 



Academic? 1 Titles with which Watt was invested 467 



Appendij^. — Retranslation of an Historical Note by Lord 

 Brougham, on the Discovery of the Composition of 

 Water 469 



Note by W. Fairbairn, F.R.S. F.G.S 481 



