James Watt (1736–1819), was a British engineer and inventor of a revolutionary new steam engine.
James Watt or Jim Watt may also refer to:
- James Watt College, Greenock, Scotland
- James G. Watt (born 1938), former US Secretary of the Interior
- James Watt (loyalist) (born 1953), former Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
- Jim Watt (boxer) (born 1948), Scottish boxer
- Jim Watt (ice hockey) (born 1950), American ice hockey player
- HMS James Watt, steam- and sail-powered Royal Navy ship named after the inventor
Famous quotes containing the words jim and/or watt:
“Just kids! That’s about the craziest argument I’ve ever heard. Every criminal in the world was a kid once. What does it prove?”
—Theodore Simonson. Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.. Jim Bird, The Blob, responding to the suggestion that they not lock up the teens pulling the alien “prank,” (1958)
“Herein is the explanation of the analogies, which exist in all the arts. They are the re-appearance of one mind, working in many materials to many temporary ends. Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakspeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it. Painting was called “silent poetry,” and poetry “speaking painting.” The laws of each art are convertible into the laws of every other.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)