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Matthew Boulton
(3 Sep 1728 - 17 Aug 1809)
British engineer and manufacturer who financed and introduced James Watt's steam engine.
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Science Quotes by Matthew Boulton (2 quotes)
I am selling what the whole world wants: power.
— Matthew Boulton
In a letter to Catherine the Great of Russia offering steam engines for sale, in A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations by Alan L. Mackay (1991).
I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have—POWER.
About the improved steam engine invented by James Watt and brought into production at Boulton’s manufactory.
About the improved steam engine invented by James Watt and brought into production at Boulton’s manufactory.
— Matthew Boulton
Entry for Friday 22 March 1776. In George Birkbeck-Hill (ed.), Boswell’s Life of Johnson (1934-50), Vol. 2, 459.
See also:
- 3 Sep - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Boulton's birth.
- Matthew Boulton: Obituary - from The Monthly Magazine (1 Oct 1809).
- Matthew Boulton: Memoir - from Mechanics Magazine (1826).
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
