Life History/Contributions of Scientist
James Prescot Joule (1818-1889)
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| James Prescot Joules |
Joule is the standard unit of work or energy. It is named in honour of James Prescot Joules who was an Englishman. In 1847, James Joule found that heat and work are interchangeable at a fixed. There is nothing 'special' about heat, weather produced by friction, electricity combustion, kinetic energy by the digestion of food. It is just a form of energy.
BIRTH : 24 December 1818
DEAD : 11 October 1889
PARENTS : Alice Prescot Joule and Benjamin Joule
BOOKS : The scientific paper of James Prescot Joule (1884) ; On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat (1849) ; New Determination of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat (1878)
BIRTH PLACE : Salford, United Kingdom
DEATH PLACE : Sale, United Kingdom
NATIONALITY : English
EDUCATION : The University of Edinburgh (1871), University of Oxford (1860), Trinity College Dublin (1857)
AWARDS : Copley Medal, Royal Medal
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