11To Benjamin Franklin from William Small, 19 October 1769 (Franklin Papers)
...had recently been associated with James Watt in developing the steam engine. See above,
12Journal of Jonathan Williams, Jr., of His Tour with Franklin and Others through Northern England, [28 May 1771]: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...his momentous partnership with James Watt to produce a workable steam engine.
13To Benjamin Franklin from John Cuthbert, 30 July 1773 (Franklin Papers)
...engine, a forerunner of Watt’s steam engine, is described at length with two full-...
14To John Adams from Thomas Young, 2 August 1775 (Adams Papers)
That is, a steam engine (
15To George Washington from Nicholas Cooke, 30 August 1775 (Washington Papers)
...was a skillful technician interested in architecture, electricity, steam engines, and other...
16To Benjamin Franklin from William Blakey, 9 January 1778 (Franklin Papers)
..., and his specialty is the coal-fired steam engine; he has traveled widely in western...
17Franklin’s Journal, [18 December 1780–29 January 1781] (Franklin Papers)
.... The waterworks were to be powered by steam engines, built according to plans furnished by...
18To Benjamin Franklin from Le Roy, [1781 or after] (Franklin Papers)
...(or “machine à feu,” the common terms for steam engine).
19From Thomas Jefferson to the Rev. James Madison, 2 October 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
...s digester. It would have been better called the Steam engine. The force of the steam of water...
20Memorandum Books, 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
had viewed the two immense single-acting Watt steam engines which supplied the