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Expand 1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 17271 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727
Expand 2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 17442 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744
Expand 3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 17873 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787
Expand 4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
Expand 5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 17625 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762
Collapse 6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 18486 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848
Expand 1 - Correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1784 - 18441 - Correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1784 - 1844
Expand 2 - Notebooks of James Watt jr. - 1787 - 18462 - Notebooks of James Watt jr. - 1787 - 1846
Expand 3 - Personal papers of James Watt jr. - 1808 - 18483 - Personal papers of James Watt jr. - 1808 - 1848
Expand 4 - Legal documents  - 1637 - 18414 - Legal documents - 1637 - 1841
Expand 5 - Drawings by James Watt jr. - 1789 - 18465 - Drawings by James Watt jr. - 1789 - 1846
Expand 6 - Papers of the antiquarian, William Hamper, relating to the parish and manor of Aston - 13th cent. - 18396 - Papers of the antiquarian, William Hamper, relating to the parish and manor of Aston - 13th cent. - 1839
Collapse 7 - Miscellaneous printed items which belonged to James Watt jr. - 1799 - 18407 - Miscellaneous printed items which belonged to James Watt jr. - 1799 - 1840
1 - 'The Arguments of the judges in two causes relating to the Letters Patent granted to James Watt, Engineer, for his method of lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fire engines' (London) - 1799
2 - An Essay on the Warming of Mills and other buildings by Steam by Robertson Buchanan, civil engineer - 1807
3 - The Monthly Magazine, Volume 50 - 1820
4 - The European Magazine, Volume 50 - 1820
5 - Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 17 - 1822
6 - Fourth Report from the Select Committee on Artizans and machinery - 1824
7 - The Century of Inventions of the Marquis of Worcester, ed. Charles Partington - 1825
8 - History of the Steam Engine from its earliest invention to the present time - 1826
9 - Deed of agreement of the Dublin and London Steam Marine Company, with a list of stockholders - 1826
10 - The Edinburgh Journal of Science no.19 - 1829
11 - Ordnance Survey maps of East and West Radnorshire - 1833
12 - Reports by eminent engineers on the improvement of the Navigation of the River Clyde from 1752 to 1834. (Glasgow, 1834). - 1834
13 - Report by James Walker to the Parliamentary Trustees for Improving the Navigation of the River Clyde and enlarging the Harbour of Glasgow, 11 February 1836 (Glasgow) - 1836
14 - The Edinburgh Review, no.LXX. [70] - 1840
15 - Letters respecting the Watt family, by George Williamson - 1840
16 - Memoir of James Watt - nd. [c.1840]
17 - Printed extracts from an unidentified work, on the lives of various scientists - nd. [c.1840]
18 - Printed pamphlets of 'An account of James Watt's improvements upon the Steam or Fire Engine' - nd. [c.1840]
Expand 7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 18047 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804
Expand 8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 18738 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873
Expand 9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 18489 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

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