Watt’s closing years--His pursuits--His machine for copying statuary--Medallions of his friends--His garret workshop--Mrs. Watt’s rule over her husband--Tenacious retention of his faculties--Is consulted by the Glasgow Waterworks Company--His visits to Cheltenham and other places--Growth and improvement of Glasgow--Watt’s interview with the brothers Hart--His conversational powers--Sir Walter Scott’s panegyric on Watt--His extensive and varied knowledge--His anecdotal powers--Fondness for novels--Description of him by visitors at Heathfield--His last improvements in the sculpture-copying machine--His last illness and peaceful death--Monumental honours--Lord Brougham’s inscription--His qualities and genius--His modesty--His close observation--Facts and theory--Watt and Smeaton compared--Universal application of the steam-engine--Conclusion 488–514 INDEX 515 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PORTRAIT OF JAMES WATT _to face Title-page_ „ MATTHEW BOULTON _to face page_ 159 PAGE Edward, second Marquis of Worcester 2 Ancient Greek Æolipile 3 Branca’s Machine 7 De Caus’s Steam Apparatus 9 Ruins of Raglan Castle 26 Dionysius Papin 31 Ancient Paddle-Boat 36 Thomas Savery 41 Section of Savery’s Paddle-Boat 43 Savery’s Fire-Engine 52 Huel Vor 55 Newcomen’s House, Dartmouth 60 Newcomen’s Atmospheric Engine 67 Ruins of Wheal Fortune 70 Polgooth 71 Jonathan Hull’s Steam-Boat 73 Dartmouth from the Harbour 76 Greenock and the Clyde, 1865 78 Greenock Harbour, 1768 79 Crawfordsburn House, Greenock 80 James Watt Tavern, Greenock 87 Trongate, Glasgow 97 Inner Quadrangle, Glasgow College 107 Isometric View of Glasgow College, 1693 108