Editing James Watt (section)

==Honours==
Watt was much honoured in his own time. In 1784, he was made a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]], and was elected as a member of the [[Batavian Society for Experimental Philosophy]], of [[Rotterdam]], the Netherlands, in 1787. In 1789, he was elected to the elite group, the [[Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Watson | first = Garth | title = The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers | publisher=Thomas Telford | year = 1989 | isbn = 0-7277-1526-7}}</ref> In 1806, he was conferred the honorary [[Doctor of Law]]s by the [[University of Glasgow]]. The [[French Academy]] elected him a Corresponding Member and he was made a Foreign Associate in 1814.<ref>Dickinson, pp. 197–98.</ref>

The [[watt]] is named after James Watt for his contributions to the development of the [[steam engine]], and was adopted by the Second Congress of the [[British Science Association|British Association for the Advancement of Science]] in 1889 and by the 11th [[General Conference on Weights and Measures]] in 1960 as the unit of [[Power (physics)|power]] incorporated in the [[International System of Units]] (or "SI").

On 29 May 2009, the [[Bank of England]] announced that Boulton and Watt would appear on a new [[Banknotes of the pound sterling#Historical figures|£50 note]]. The design is the first to feature a dual portrait on a Bank of England note, and presents the two industrialists side by side with images of Watt's steam engine and Boulton's Soho Manufactory. Quotations attributed to each of the men are inscribed on the note: "I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have—POWER" (Boulton) and "I can think of nothing else but this machine" (Watt). The inclusion of Watt is the second time that a Scot has featured on a Bank of England note (the first was [[Adam Smith]] on the 2007 issue £20 note).<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8075130.stm|title=Steam giants on new £50 banknote|publisher=BBC|date= 30 May 2009|access-date= 22 June 2009}}</ref> In September 2011, it was announced that the notes would enter circulation on 2 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/sep/30/bank-england-new-50-pound-note?newsfeed=true|title=Bank of England to launch new £50 note|author=Heather Stewart|work=The Guardian|date=30 September 2011}}</ref>

In 2011, he was one of seven inaugural inductees to the [[Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.engineeringhalloffame.org/index.html |title=Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame |work=engineeringhalloffame.org |year=2012 |access-date=27 August 2012}}</ref>