William Murdoch was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer.
William Murdoch
Murdoch's model steam carriage
Murdoch's steam locomotive model
Close up of plaque on wall of Murdoch House
Boulton & Watt was an early British engineering and manufacturing firm in the business of designing and making marine and stationary steam engines. Founded in the English West Midlands around Birmingham in 1775 as a partnership between the English manufacturer Matthew Boulton and the Scottish engineer James Watt, the firm had a major role in the Industrial Revolution and grew to be a major producer of steam engines in the 19th century.
Statue of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch in Birmingham
Scientific apparatus designed by Boulton and Watt in preparation of the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol