Yes, to a noticeable degree I am saying,
> That Watt's steam engine was
> largely due to the advances in metallurgy from the Renaissance
>
Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering
that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements,
their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known
as alloys ----as…
so more I'm considering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_science
Materials science
The interdisciplinary field of materials science covers the design
and discovery of new materials, particularly solids. The field is
also commonly termed materials science and engineering emphasizing
engineering aspects of building useful items, and materials physics,
which emphasizes the use of physics to describe material properties.
The intellectual origins of materials science stem from the Age
of Enlightenment, when researchers began to use analytical thinking
from chemistry, physics, and engineering to understand ancient,
phenomenological observations in metallurgy and mineralogy.[1][2]
Materials science still incorporates elements of physics,
chemistry, and engineering. As such, the field was long considered
by academic institutions as a sub-field of these related fields.
Beginning in the 1940s, materials science began to be more widely
recognized as a specific and distinct field of science and
engineering, and major technical universities around the world
created dedicated schools for its study.
I am saying, there have always been great 'dreamers' like:
Heron of Alexandria 10 AD – c. 70 AD,
Blasco de Garay
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 to 1519).
But no matter what anyone dreamed, or drew on paper,
many things were not possible until until a range
of lessor products and inventions were completed.