one and that was the steam engine
James Watt primarily focused on improving steam engines, and is best known for his improvements to the steam engine that made it more efficient and practical for industrial use. While he made other minor inventions, such as a steam indicator and a copying machine, Watt's main contributions were in the field of steam power.
I'm not sure that he won to many awards but I do know that he did get/was given the N19386 Medal which is silver and has a steam engine on it.
James Watt has 1767 children
James Watt is one possibility. There are many people with, Watt, as a surname.
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James Watt did not invent the steam engine. However he did improve the design made by Newcome. James Watt was an inventor all of his life. He invented many many things he made improvements on instruments and others.
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He made 5 inventions.
James Dyson invented five products .
So many come to mind that it is almost impossible to pick one alone. Considering that steam was used to drive the results of a lot of invention it is hard to go past James Watt's enormous improvements to the steam engine. Perhaps there were more refined or better engineered inventions but since the question is most important I would say James Watt.
over 1000 inventions from "The Wizard of Menlo Park"
I think mini watt is an alias for milli watt, so 1000 mini Watts equals 1 Watt