James Watt

I have been much employed in making experiments on the composition of water.

I have been much engaged in the construction of a new engine for draining fens.

I have been much employed in making experiments on the effects of heat on water.

I have been much engaged in the construction of a new engine for irrigating land.

I have been much employed in making experiments on the nature of fire.

I have been much engaged in the construction of a new engine for raising weights.

I have been much employed in making experiments on the properties of air.

I have been much engaged in the construction of a new engine for grinding pigments.

I have been much employed in making experiments on the effects of cold on water.

I have been much engaged in the construction of a new engine for making paper.

I had gone to Glasgow, and there met a Mr. Robison, who was then Librarian to the University, and he advised me to apply to Mr. Anderson, who was then Professor of Natural Philosophy.

Of all things the measure of men is the most difficult to obtain.

The economy of power is a subject of the greatest importance.

I can think of nothing which is more truly the child of art and labour than a steam engine.

The steam engine has done much for the world; it has not only simplified the work of man, but it has given him new fields to conquer.

Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment that of age.

The progress of mankind is due to the inventors and the improvers.

A machine is but an assemblage of simple instruments.

I sell here, sir, what all the world desires: power.

The fire engine I lately erected has, in my opinion, answered the purpose very well.