James Watt
World's First Engineer
By: Reagan Melton
About James
- James was the first engineer.
- He invented the steam engine.
Steam Engine
- A fire where the coal burns.
- A boiler full of water that the fire heats up to make steam.
- A cylinder and piston, rather like a bicycle pump but much bigger.
- Steam from the boiler is piped into the cylinder, causing the piston to move first one way then the other