entist James Watt designed an engine that had a separate condensing chamber for the steam. This engine, patented in 1769, greatly increased the economy of the new common machine by avoiding the loss of steam that occurred in alternate heating and cooling of the engine cylinder.The misconception that Watt was the actual inventor of the steam engine arose from the fundamental nature of his contributions to its development. The centrifugal or flyball governor, which he invented in 1788, and which automatically regulated the speed of an engine, is of particular interest today. It embodies the feedback principle of a servomechanism, linking output to input, which is the basic concept of automation. The watt, the unit of power, was named in his honor. James Watt then constructed a new steam engine with an insulated main cylinder that allowed the metal work to stay constantly hot reducing the fuel by almost 75%. He also worked on a condenser which re-uses five-sixths (5/6) of the wasted steam by condensing it back to water. He was also great at adapting a leather washer inside of the piston cylinder to provide a neat seal and prevent steam with leaking which it was previously. In 1767 Watt proceeded to go into a partnership with Dr. Roebuck, an associate Watt knew at the time. Dr. Roebuck paid off Watts 1000 debt and allowed James to continue his costly experiments. In return the patent declared that Roebuck was two-thirds the inventor of the new improved steam engine. Watt was also a renowned civil engineer, making several surveys of canal routes. He invented, in 1767, an attachment that adapted telescopes for use in the measurement of distances. Watt died in Heathfield, Sussex, on August 19, 1819. In an engine designed by English inventor Thomas Newcomen in 1705, steam admitted to the bottom of a vertical cylinder at very low pressure moved a counterweighted piston to the top of the cylinder....
