William McNaught (Glasgow), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam McNaught (Glasgow)
British engineer, died 1881
Date of Birth: 27-May-1813
Place of Birth: Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 08-Jan-1881
Profession: engineer
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About William McNaught (Glasgow)
- William McNaught (1813–1881) was a Scottish engineer, from Glasgow, who patented a compound steam engine in 1845.
- This was a technique of improving the efficiency of a standard simple Boulton & Watt beam engine.
- The engine was compounded by adding a high-pressure cylinder between the support column and the flywheel, on the side opposite the low-pressure cylinder.
- This improvement could be retrospectively fitted to existing engines.
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