“I can think of nothing else than this machine.”
— in a letter to a friend, Dr. Lind, April 29, 1765.
“It is not worth my while to manufacture in three countries only; but I can find it very worthwhile to make it for the whole world.”
— Attributed to James Watt in: Joel Mokyr, The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress. Oxford University Press, 1992. p, 245

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“I can think of nothing else than this machine.”
— in a letter to a friend, Dr. Lind, April 29, 1765.
“It is not worth my while to manufacture in three countries only; but I can find it very worthwhile to make it for the whole world.”
— Attributed to James Watt in: Joel Mokyr, The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress. Oxford University Press, 1992. p, 245

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James Watt, Jr., FRS was a British engineer, businessman and activist.

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