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| Keywords: Watt James Chantrey.jpg Francis Legatt Chantrey's statue of James Watt the Scottish inventor<br /> The inscription on the plaque reads NOT TO PERPETUATE A NAME WHICH MUST ENDURE WHILE THE PEACEFUL ARTS FLOURISH BUT TO SHOW THAT MANKIND HAVE LEARNED TO HONOUR THOSE WHO BEST DESERVE THEIR GRATITUDE THE KING HIS MINISTERS AND MANY OF THE NOBLES AND COMMONERS OF THE REALM RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO JAMES WATT WHO DIRECTING THE FORCE OF AN ORIGINAL GENIUS EARLY EXERCISED IN PHILOSOPHIC RESEARCH TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STEAM-ENGINE ENLARGED THE RESOURCES OF HIS COUNTRY INCREASED THE POWER OF MAN AND ROSE TO AN EMINENT PLACE AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS FOLLOWERS OF SCIENCE AND THE REAL BENEFACTORS OF THE WORLD BORN AT GREENOCK MDCCXXXVI DIED AT HEATHFIELD IN STAFFORDSHIRE MDCCCXIX Taken by me in St Paul's Cathedral London 1986 User Astrochemist corrected white balance removed noise and sharpened image DrJunge Statues of James Watt St Paul's Cathedral detail Statues in the City of London Church monuments in London Wall mounted church monuments in London Statues of sitting men in the United Kingdom Sculptures by Francis Chantrey Monuments in St Paul's Cathedral | ||||
