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In the Victorian era, James Watt became an iconic engineer, but in his own time he was also an influential chemist. David Philip Miller examines Watts illustrious engineering career in light of his parallel interest in chemistry, arguing that Watts conception of steam engineering relied upon chemical understandings. Part 1 of the book - Representations - examines the way Watt has been portrayed over time, emphasizing sculptural, pictorial, and textual representations from the nineteenth century. As an important contributor to the development of arguably the most important technology of industrialization, Watt became a symbol that many groups of thinkers were anxious to claim. Part 2 - Realities - focuses on reconstructing the unsung "chemical Watt" instead of the lionized engineer. |
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