Did you know?: The Bank of England will feature James Watt and Matthew Boulton on its redesigned £50 note. The note is due to go into circulation in 2010.

James Watt (1736-1819)

Useful links

These websites have information or images we think you might find useful:

About.com:
Several pages about James Watt and his inventions.
Boulton and Watt Collection:
Birmingham City Council's archive of the steam engine partnership of James Watt and Matthew Boulton.
Google images:
Portraits of Watt and other related images which Google has found on the web.
National Museums Scotland online collections database:
Images of objects related to Watt held by National Museums Scotland.
Undiscovered Scotland:
Biography page.
Wikipedia:
Wikipedia's entry about Watt.

Search for National Library material relating to James Watt:
Details of publications by or about James Watt that are held in National Library of Scotland collections.
Film catalogue details for 'James Watt ':
Film about the life and work of 'the inventor of steam engines' (1959). Part of the Moving Image Archive collection at the National Library.