James Prescott Joule
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James Prescott Joule FRS (24 December 1818 – 11 October 1889) wis an Inglis physicist an brewer, born in Salford, Lancashire. Joule studied the naitur o heat, an discovered its relationship tae mechanical wirk. This led tae the law o conservation o energy, which led to the development o the first law o thermodynamics. The SI derived unit o energy, the joule, is named efter James Joule. He wirked wi Laird Kelvin tae develop the absolute scale o temperatur the kelvin. Joule an aa made observations o magnetostriction, an he foond the relationship atween the current throu a resistor an the heat dissipatit, which is nou called Joule's first law.
James Prescott Joule | |
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James Joule – physicist | |
Born | 24 December 1818 Salford, Lancashire, Ingland, UK |
Dee'd | 11 October 1889 Sale, Cheshire, Ingland, UK | (aged 70)
Citizenship | Breetish |
Kent for | First law o thermodynamics Disprovin Caloric Theory |
Awairds | Ryal Medal (1852) Copley Medal (1870) Albert Medal (1880) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Influences | John Dalton John Davies |