Talk:James Watt

Starlight Express
Maybe a quick mention in here? The finale song (Light at the end of the tunnel) mentions him a fair bit, due to him helping invent steam power (and in the story, the steam train has just beaten the electric train, diesel train etc.). - JaffaCakeLover 14:34, 08 November 2006 (GMT)

ADD ++ Category:Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Category:Members of the French Academy of Sciences

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Watt and Beddoes pioneered the therapeutic potential of low dose carbon monoxide as hydrocarbonate (eg water gas generated by passing steam over hot coals to make CO and H2). Over the past twenty years there has been significant research activity in carbon monoxide therapeutics including two pharmaceutical companies Proterris and Hillhurst Biopharma (see the wiki page Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecules). As Watt was a pioneer of this field, adding this accolade to his wiki page may warrant further consideration. SloppyTots (talk) 00:54, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure it's an "accolade" as such, but yes it does seem worthy of mention. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:50, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Update: furthermore, Watt correctly predicted CO displaces oxygen from hemoglobin hence its toxicity is asphyxia. Unfortunately this was several years before the discovery of the CO molecule (Watt used hydrocarbonate). The experimental evidence emerged in the 1850s with the work of Claude Bernard and independently by Hoppe-Seyler to demonstrate CO displaced O2 ... Watt was ~60 years ahead of his time! SloppyTots (talk) 15:07, 10 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Do you have any proposed text for addition to the article? And/or do you have some good sources which discuss these two topics? Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:51, 21 March 2021 (UTC)


 * I'll work on the text over the next week. Here is the original source: https://books.google.com/books?id=2QcAAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
 * Search "antidote" and the paragraph pertaining to CO/charcoal vapor displacing oxygen from blood should appear.
 * Note- Watt's name appears as "James Watt, Esq." - perhaps this honorary title should likewise be mentioned on this page. SloppyTots (talk) 00:41, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2021
The parish register recorded:

James was born on the 19th and baptized on the 25th of February 1736 in Greenock.

ScotlandsPeople_OPR564_030_0010_0381Z is the PDF form but is copyright of the National Records of Scotland.

Source: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/4581101?image=381&return_row=3
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. The article gives January 19th as the old style date. Also, it appears that source is not accessible. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:33, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * So, I tried to access this page by registering at scotlandspeople.gov.uk but I get "Access denied: You are not authorized to access this page" because: "You don't have enough credits to access the record. You have 0 credits in your account and you need 6 credits to access the record." 30 credits costs £7.50. So I'll not proceed for now. But the article already says he was born on 19 January 1736 OS? I guess a date of baptism could be added. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:01, 21 December 2021 (UTC) p.s. David Matheson Brisbane you forgot to sign your request above.
 * And the date is already fully sourced to ODNB. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:58, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2023
Please change the photo you have used for the James watt college in Greenock that is not the James watt college it's the James watt statue the college isn't even called James watt college anymore. To put it simply you have a photo on here with the caption James watt memorial college and it's actually of a statue of James watt that's attached to the town municipal buildings. 2A00:23C6:7790:B901:2887:93E8:1369:3C1B (talk) 23:37, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Give the new image file. AnnaMankad (talk) 02:46, 20 May 2023 (UTC)