James Prescott Joule
1818-1889
English physicist who investigated the equivalence of mechanical, electrical, and heat energy, and who is often credited (together with Joseph Mayer) with formulating th...
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Joule, James Prescott (1818–1889)
James Joule was born in Salford, near Manchester, England, on December 24, 1818. He was the second son of a wealthy brewery owner and was educated at home by p...
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The English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) proved that mechanical and thermal energies are interconvertible on a fixed basis, and thus he established the great principle of conservation of...
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James Prescott Joule is credited with the fundamental discovery that opened a new paradigm of the nature of heat which allowed many new discoveries and inventions. A rather unassuming man in appearanc...
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James Prescott Joule is credited with the fundamental discovery that opened a new paradigm of the nature of heat, which allowed many new discoveries and inventions. A rather unassuming man in appearan...
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James Joule was perhaps the greatest amateur scientist of all time. He was the proprietor of a successful brewery who never held an academic post--in fact, he never completed an undergraduate degree. ...
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James Prescott Joule
Joule, James Prescott (1818-1889)
James Prescott Joule
James Prescott Joule
James Prescott Joule
James Prescott Joule