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CHAPTER X. 



Intermediate Epoch. 



THE early times up to Dalton have been perhaps suffi- 

 ciently dwelt on, and it would less break the progress of 

 discovery as begun by Dalton if we took a rapid leap 

 to the time of Joule's earlier life. There was however 

 an intermediate period, which we cannot at present 

 examine fully. It has been impossible to give it that 

 attention which it certainly deserves as being interesting 

 to Manchester especially ; but considering the time re- 

 quired, the later histories of Manchester which have ap- 

 peared, and the fact also, which must be confessed, that 

 the results did not promise to be so interesting to the 

 present writer as those on which he has dwelt, although 

 perhaps more so to others, feeling too that it touches 

 too much on the memories of the living, it has been 

 decided to pass over even more characters than we have 

 hitherto neglected. Part of this intermediate time might 

 be called the engineering period, and we shall begin with 

 a notice relating to an eminent engineer of the earlier 

 years, who probably did much to bring others after him. 



James Watt, Junior. 



For 1790 we find Mr. James Watt secretary of the Society 

 along with Dr. Ferriar, This was the son of him who 



