Boulton and Watt form their partnership

node

Matthew Boulton of the Soho Manufactory in Birmingham took a share in Watt's patent, supplying capital, skilled metalworkers and the parliamentary influence that secured the extension of the patent to 1800. The firm sold licences rather than machines, charging a premium set at a share of the coal its engines saved against a Newcomen engine of equal duty.

A node is not a place. Drawing it on a map would assert something about the world that no stored fact supports.

Read in · 1

Industrial RevolutionHistory

Evidence · 1

Watt's 1769 patent for lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fire engines, and the Act of 1775 extending it

Timeline

No dated observations are stored for this object. Atlas shows what was observed and when — it does not infer a history.

Connections · 3

Boulton and Wattconcerns
James Wattconcerns
Birminghamconcerns

Assembled narrative · 1

An assembled narrative is available for this object.

Observed changes · 0

No public Signals are attached to this object. Signals show what changed and when it was observed — never a direction or a rank.

Actions

Read the assembled narrative Continue in StudioOpen TwinTwin does not start a decision from this kind of object.ShareSaveSaved objects are part of the authenticated projection, which is declared and not yet built.

/atlas?object=EVT_BOULTON_WATT_PARTNERSHIP_1775