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James Watt

1736 - 1819

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James Watt

James Watt (Escocia, 30 de enero de 1736 ‑ Birmingham, 25 de agosto de 1819) fue un ingeniero mecánico, inventor y químico escocés. Las mejoras que realizó en la máquina de Newcomen dieron lugar a la conocida como máquina de vapor de agua, que resultaría fundamental en el desarrollo de la primera Revolución Industrial, tanto en el Reino Unido como en el resto del mundo. Mientras trabajaba fabricando instrumentos en la Universidad de Glasgow, Watt se interesó en la tecnología de las máquinas de vapor y se percató de que los diseños coetáneos desperdiciaban una gran cantidad de energía enfriando y calentando repetidamente el cilindro. Watt introdujo una mejora en el diseño, el condensador separado, que evitaba la pérdida de energía y mejoró radicalmente la potencia, eficiencia y rentabilidad de las máquinas de vapor. Finalmente adaptó este motor para producir un movimiento rotatorio, lo que amplió enormemente su uso más allá del simple bombeo de agua. Leer más en Wikipedia

Su biografía está disponible en 143 idiomas en Wikipedia (aumentó de 138 en 2024). James Watt ocupa el puesto 5 entre los inventor más populares, el puesto 22 entre las biografías más populares de Reino Unido (bajó del puesto 12 en 2019) y el primer puesto entre los inventor del reino unido más populares.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, James Watt ranks 5 out of 426. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and Johannes Gutenberg. After him are Karl Benz, Elon Musk, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, Henry Ford, Louis Braille, and Charles Babbage.

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Leonardo da Vinci
1452 - 1519
HPI: 96.80
Rank: 1
Nikola Tesla
1856 - 1943
HPI: 91.90
Rank: 2
Thomas Edison
1847 - 1931
HPI: 91.65
Rank: 3
Johannes Gutenberg
1394 - 1468
HPI: 90.58
Rank: 4
James Watt
1736 - 1819
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 5
Karl Benz
1844 - 1929
HPI: 88.12
Rank: 6
Elon Musk
1971 - Present
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 7
Alexander Graham Bell
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HPI: 85.31
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Guglielmo Marconi
1874 - 1937
HPI: 83.41
Rank: 9
Henry Ford
1863 - 1947
HPI: 82.33
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Louis Braille
1809 - 1852
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 11
Charles Babbage
1791 - 1871
HPI: 81.59
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, James Watt ranks 1. After him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Rama I, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, James Macpherson, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Among people deceased in 1819, James Watt ranks 1. After him are Charles IV of Spain, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Maria Luisa of Parma, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Kamehameha I, Daniel Rutherford, August von Kotzebue, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier.

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James Watt
INVENTOR
1736 - 1819
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 1
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
MATHEMATICIAN
1736 - 1813
HPI: 84.17
Rank: 2
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
PHYSICIST
1736 - 1806
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 3
Jean Sylvain Bailly
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1793
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 4
Rama I
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1809
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 5
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
COMPOSER
1736 - 1809
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 6
James Macpherson
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1796
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 7
Claude Nicolas Ledoux
ARCHITECT
1736 - 1806
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 8
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1798
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 9
Rudolf Erich Raspe
WRITER
1736 - 1794
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 10
Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1818
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 11
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
SCULPTOR
1736 - 1783
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1819

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James Watt
INVENTOR
1736 - 1819
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 1
Charles IV of Spain
POLITICIAN
1748 - 1819
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 2
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1742 - 1819
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 3
Maria Luisa of Parma
COMPANION
1751 - 1819
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 4
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
PHILOSOPHER
1743 - 1819
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 5
Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia
POLITICIAN
1751 - 1819
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 6
Kamehameha I
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1819
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 7
Daniel Rutherford
PHYSICIST
1749 - 1819
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
August von Kotzebue
WRITER
1761 - 1819
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 9
Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1819
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 10
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1788 - 1819
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 11
Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1742 - 1819
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 12

In Reino Unido

Among people born in Reino Unido, James Watt ranks 22 out of NaN. Before him are Edward VI of England (1537), Edward VIII (1894), George III of the United Kingdom (1738), Lady Jane Grey (1537), Winston Churchill (1874), and Charles II of England (1630). After him are Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Stephen Hawking (1942), John, King of England (1166), Richard III of England (1452), John Locke (1632), and Ada Lovelace (1815).

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Edward VI of England
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1537 - 1553
HPI: 89.67
Rank: 16
Edward VIII
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1894 - 1972
HPI: 89.23
Rank: 17
George III of the United Kingdom
POLITICIAN
1738 - 1820
HPI: 89.11
Rank: 18
Lady Jane Grey
NOBLEMAN
1537 - 1554
HPI: 88.92
Rank: 19
Winston Churchill
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1965
HPI: 88.76
Rank: 20
Charles II of England
POLITICIAN
1630 - 1685
HPI: 88.62
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INVENTOR
1736 - 1819
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 22
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
POLITICIAN
1665 - 1714
HPI: 88.37
Rank: 23
Stephen Hawking
PHYSICIST
1942 - 2018
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 24
John, King of England
POLITICIAN
1166 - 1216
HPI: 88.29
Rank: 25
Richard III of England
POLITICIAN
1452 - 1485
HPI: 88.10
Rank: 26
John Locke
PHILOSOPHER
1632 - 1704
HPI: 87.94
Rank: 27
Ada Lovelace
MATHEMATICIAN
1815 - 1852
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 28