PERSON@1 FRS -LRB- NUMBER@1 January NUMBER@2 NUMBER@3 August NUMBER@4 -RRB- was a MISC@1 inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both the LOCATION@1 and the world .

PERSON@1 -LRB- January NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 - August NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@4 -RRB- was a MISC@1 mathematician and engineer .
