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MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873
1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727
2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744
3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787
4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
1 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt - 1761-1819
2 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 1819
3 - Letters returned to James Watt after the recipient's death - 1768 - 1799
4 - Notebooks of James Watt - 1755 - 1808
5 - Records of James Watt relating to mathematical instrument making - 1757 - 1773
6 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 1793
7 - Records relating to patents - 1698 - 1808
8 - Records relating to Heathfield - 1786 - 1813
9 - Records relating to the Wyeside and Welsh Estates - 1790 - 1845
10 - Personal papers of James Watt - 1759 - 1817
1 - Records relating to his father, James Watt of Greenock - 1776
2 - Letters to Ann Watt - 1780 - 1793
3 - Papers of John Marr - 1759 - 1783
4 - Papers of the Miller (or Millar) family - 1727 - 1796
5 - Other personal papers of James Watt - 1770 - 1817
1 - Papers concerning the election of James Watt to various public institutions - 1770 - 1808
2 - Legal papers - 1779 - 1792
3 - Papers about property and taxes - 1798 - 1805
4 - Papers on scientific subjects - 1765 - 1809
1 - Graphs and calculations of boiling point of water - 1765 - 1802
2 - Particulars of the steam wheel, with a small diagram - 1766
3 - Papers and drawings concerning various steam engines in Scotland - 1766
4 - Various papers about dyeing and 'Turkey red' - 1771 - 1789
5 - Various papers about steam engines and Argand's lamp. - 1777 - 1791
6 - Various papers concerning patents, canals, alkali, pipes, costs etc. - 1800 - 1805
7 - Various papers on steam and steam engines - 1775 - 1803
8 - Various papers by John Southern on steam and steam engines and velocity of water. - 1803
9 - Bundle of 7 letters from William Stark, William Strutt and James Mylne and 5 pages of notes and drawings concerning the provision of a stove for heating the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow - 1808
10 - Correspondence between James Watt, William Strutt and James Mylne concerning the heating of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, by steam heat. - 1808 - 1809
11 - Various papers, on East India cotton, Mr Girard's boiler etc. - 1812 - 1813
12 - Paper. 'Exp[erimen]ts upon evaporation by Dr R[oebuck] & Self' - nd. c. 1760
13 - Paper titled: 'On the prevention of the escape of heat by confined air', with a paper with various calculations which Watt has titled: 'Mr Smeaton's experiments' - nd. [18th cent.]
5 - Essays and articles by James Watt on shorthand, canals, patents, taxation etc. - nd. [c. 1800]
6 - Notes and corrections by James Watt of Professor Robison's articles on steam and steam engines written for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with related papers - 1814
7 - Various accounts and receipts and an account book - 1773 - 1817
11 - Papers of/by other people
12 - Miscellaneous papers of James Watt - 1727 - 1817
13 - Drawings - 18th cent. - 19th cent.
14 - Printed material - 1776 - 1822
5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762
6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848
7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804
8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873
9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848
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