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James Watt
ROLE 18TH-CENTURY INVENTOR AND ENTREPRENEURMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN JULY 27, 2026
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mention·My First Million·JULY 27, 2026
“Watt went out and invented a unit we still use today, which is called the horsepower. And the reason it's not named after a famous scientist... is because it's a marketing unit. It was invented for marketing purposes.”
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