瓦特的发动机引起了伯明翰一个名叫马修，波尔顿(1728-1809)的生产金属物品如纽扣、饰物的小工厂主的重视。

• Watt's steam engine attracted the attention of a man called Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) who manufactured metal objects such as buttons and omaments in a small factory in Birmingham.