James Watt

[H]e created a new type of workmen capable of executing his plans working with and educating them often with his own hands. Only thus did he triumph laboring mentally and physically. Watt therefore must always stand among the benefactors of men in the triple capacity of discoverer inventor and constructor. -from Captured by Steam The steam engine steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie notes here was one of the bases upon which his own fortune was built-so why shouldnt he write a biography of its inventor James Watt? As Carnegie explores the life and work of one of the finest characters that ever graced the earth we learn as much about Carnegies philosophies of business and personal success as we do about Watt. First published in 1905 this is an unexpected example of Carnegies spirit of generosity and boundless enthusiasm for science technology and the self-made man. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Carnegies Triumphant Democracy An American Four-in-Hand in Britain Round the World and Autobiography. Entrepreneur and philanthropist ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919) was born in Scotland and emigrated to America as a teenager. His Carnegie Steel Company launched the steel industry in Pittsburgh and after its sale to J.P. Morgan he devoted his life to philanthropic causes. His charitable organizations built more than 2500 public libraries around the world and gave away more than $350 million during his lifetime.