James Prescott Joule
English physicist and brewer (1818–1889)
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James Prescott Joule was an English physicist and brewer who lived from 1818 to 1889 and conducted pioneering experiments on the relationship between heat and energy. His work established fundamental principles about how energy transforms between different forms, which became essential to modern physics and engineering.
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- “My object has been, first to discover correct principles and then to suggest their practical development.”
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An electric motor presented to Kelvin by James Joule in 1842. Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
James Prescott Joule (/dʒuːl/; 24 December 1818 – 11 October 1889) was an English physicist. Joule studied the nature of heat and discovered its relationship to mechanical work. This led to the law of conservation of energy, which in turn led to the development of the first law of thermodynamics. The SI unit of energy, the joule (J), is named after him.
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1818 births1889 deaths19th-century British physicistsBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyEnglish brewersEnglish physicistsFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesFluid dynamicistsForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesHistory of Greater ManchesterJames Prescott JouleManchester Literary and Philosophical Society