Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_, and superscripted text is preceded by a caret (^). LIVES OF BOULTON AND WATT. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. LIVES OF BRITISH ENGINEERS, from the Earliest Times to the Death of Robert Stephenson; with an Account of their Principal Works, and a HISTORY OF INLAND COMMUNICATION IN BRITAIN. With Portraits and 270 Woodcuts. 3 Vols. 8vo. 63_s._ SELF-HELP; WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHARACTER AND CONDUCT. Post 8vo. 6_s._ ‘SELF-HELP,’ OU CARACTÈRE, CONDUITE ET PERSÉVÉRANCE, Illustrés à l’aide de Biographie. Traduit de l’Anglais par ALFRED TALANDIER sur le texte revu et corrigé par l’Auteur. Post 8vo. 5_s._ INDUSTRIAL BIOGRAPHY: IRON-WORKERS AND TOOL-MAKERS. A Companion Volume to ‘Self-Help.’ Post 8vo. 6_s._ JAMES BRINDLEY AND THE EARLY ENGINEERS. [Abridged from ‘Lives of the Engineers.’] With Illustrations. Post 8vo. 6_s._ STORY OF THE LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON INCLUDING A MEMOIR OF HIS SON ROBERT STEPHENSON. [Abridged from ‘Lives of the Engineers.’] With Illustrations. Post 8vo. 6_s._ WORKMEN’S EARNINGS,--SAVINGS,--AND STRIKES: Reprinted from the ‘Quarterly Review.’ Post 8vo. 1_s._ 6_d._ JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. [Illustration: _James Watt F.R.S._ _Engraved by W. Holl, after the portrait by Sir W. Beechy, R.A._ _Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1865._] LIVES OF BOULTON AND WATT. PRINCIPALLY FROM THE ORIGINAL SOHO MSS. COMPRISING ALSO A HISTORY OF THE INVENTION AND INTRODUCTION OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. BY SAMUEL SMILES, AUTHOR OF ‘INDUSTRIAL BIOGRAPHY,’ ETC. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1865. _The right of Translation is reserved._ LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, AND CHARING CROSS. PREFACE.