Station

Watt Ring - Ennead ︎

Star system
Station distance
7,830 Ls
Landing pad
Large
Station type
Starport (Coriolis)

Station services
Commodity marketOutfittingRearmRefuelRepairShipyard

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Economy
Agriculture
Wealth
Population
Government
Dictatorship
Allegiance
Independent
Minor faction

Station update
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Galpedia

James Watt

James Watt, FRS, FRSE (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.

While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines. He realised that contemporary engine designs wasted a great deal of energy by repeatedly cooling and re-heating the cylinder. Watt introduced a design enhancement, the separate condenser, which avoided this waste of energy and radically improved the power, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of steam engines. Eventually he adapted his engine to produce rotary motion, greatly broadening its use beyond pumping water.



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