“A Very Great Man” (original) (raw)

A Very Great Man. Signed with “W Ralston” lower left]. Punch, or the London Charivari (10 December 1870): 250, Courtesy of the Hathi Trust and the University of California Library. Click on image to enlarge it.

Extra Intelligent Policeman (to Tourists) “This Monument is for a Countryman o’ ma ain — James Watt, the Inventor of Steam.”

Links to Related Material

• James Watt and the Steam Engine by Samuel Smiles
• The Steam Engine
• James Watt (bas relief Located in the Pirelli Garden, Victoria and Albert Museum)

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