Good Engines

“Good Engines” is a 12-page black-and-white newspaper telling the tale of James Watt Junior and his feud with rival engine-maker Matthew Murray.

I printed it with Newspaper Club in a limited edition of 500 for distribution at TEDxLeeds 2010 and Interesting North.

Read more about the process of writing and publishing the story in this blog post, or see more pictures of the newspaper on Flickr.

Good Engines is released under a Creative Commons Licence.

I’d love to know what you think of it – please comment below or email mattedgar at me63 dot com.

Chapters

• Dramatis personae
• The engine makers
• A plentiful dose of ale
• A very able mechanic
• Leave him for some time as a spy
• Materially annoy them
• The world cares very little
• Memorials
• What next?