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James Watt left Scotland in 1774 for Birmingham. He entered into a partnership with Boulton in 1775. Boulton’s Soho Works had the expertise to build and market the improved steam pump. Watt participated in Lunar Society activities. During the 1780s he developed several inventions which improved the steam engine, including a rotary motion (1781), a double-acting engine.
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