Mind the Gap
6-minute read Sinothile Baloyi - April 21st 2023 In 1765 James Watt improved Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine, to such an extent that he often gets incorrectly credited with inventing the whole thing himself. How did he do this? Perhaps it was simply serendipity, or could his access at a young age to his father’s shipbuilding workshops - all those hours spent building models of cranes, barrel







